Acomita LakeNM
A regional job hub with 274 jobs. Population 590: a town in New Mexico.
Is Acomita Lake a good place to live?
100% of households are owner-occupiers in Acomita Lake, where New Mexico’s towns sit at 70% and U.S. towns at 73%. Acomita Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Acomita Lake stand out
Where Acomita Lake beats most towns.
590 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Acomita Lake: who provides what
Acomita Lake is unincorporated, so Cibola County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Acomita Lake.
With 3.9 jobs for every working resident, Acomita Lake draws in 263 commuters
Most working residents leave Acomita Lake for work: only 16% work in town. In Acomita Lake, 23% of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Skyline-Ganipa (39%), Grants (6%) and Albuquerque (6%). The median commute is under 3 miles.
| Acomita Lake | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 14% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Acomita Lake brings four seasons and hot summers
The midsummer high locally is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a high hazard risk in Acomita Lake: inland flooding
FEMA puts 67% of Acomita Lake’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 12% to cold waves. Its FEMA risk score stands at 62 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Acomita Lake stands out in New Mexico and nationally, with more of its adults who sleep under 7 hours
The share of adults in Acomita Lake who get no exercise outside work: 29%, and among 74 New Mexico towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Acomita Lake. 21% of adults here have diabetes; 21% report frequent physical distress. The town does better than the New Mexico average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 20.
| Acomita Lake | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Acomita Lake | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10% | 15.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 30.5% | 14.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Open space protected for good: 0.3% of Acomita Lake
2.6 miles of trail. In Acomita Lake, the concentration of trails is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Acomita Lake | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Acomita Lake
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Acomita Lake
About 7 of every 100 Acomita Lake residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico.
Every workday, about 263 people come to Acomita Lake for work
Where Acomita Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Acomita Lake
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Acomita Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 339 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,119 ft
- Area code
- 605
Questions about Acomita Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Acomita Lake, NM a good place to live?
Acomita Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.