AngusturaNM
A town of 1,997.
Is Angustura a good place to live?
Angustura’s weakest subject grade is a D for incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Among 74 New Mexico towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Angustura. 13% of the land in Angustura is conserved, against 3.9% in New Mexico’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Valdez (River Tract), at 92 acres. Angustura has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Angustura for work
Where Angustura’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Angustura grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Angustura is from typical.
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Moving to Angustura: who provides what
Angustura is unincorporated, so San Juan 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 Angustura.
Angustura is less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns
Angustura beats the New Mexico average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 19% of Angustura adults report frequent physical distress, above both New Mexico’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (14%). 20% of Angustura adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Angustura | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 23% | 14% |
| What stands out | Angustura | NM |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.9% | 14.2% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 15.1% | 11.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Angustura’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Angustura for work: only 1% work in town. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in Angustura. Jobs based in Angustura fell to 53 in 2023, 58 fewer than in 2013.
| Angustura | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 26% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 14% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Angustura, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 78% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Angustura has four seasons and hot summers
Angustura has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. The July high in Angustura is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trail density in Angustura is lower than in most of New Mexico or the rest of the country
Angustura’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile. 0.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Valdez (River Tract) | — | 92 |
| 2. Retherford Tract Wildlife Management Area | — | 45 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Angustura sells for about $102K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Angustura
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Angustura
About 7 of every 100 Angustura residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico.
Angustura’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Angustura.
| Town | NM rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angustura | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Sullivan | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blanco | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bloomfield | #67 | D | C+ | C− | C+ | D |
Angustura has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Angustura reports no FBI crime data of its own. Sullivan and Blanco aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Angustura with a neighbor →
Questions about Angustura
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Angustura, NM expensive?
The typical home is worth about $170,000, 46% below the New Mexico typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.