Crouch MesaNM
A town of 4,812.
Is Crouch Mesa a good place to live?
Crouch Mesa gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $89K for a typical one, or 1.6 years of the Farmington metro’s $56K median household income. It grades C overall, 21st of 72 graded towns in New Mexico. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $64K, and 22% of residents live below the poverty line, and residents are less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. 42% of the land in Crouch Mesa is conserved, against 3.8% in New Mexico’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Only 13 of New Mexico’s 161 towns score lower on history.
97% of working residents leave Crouch Mesa for work
Where Crouch Mesa’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Crouch Mesa grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Crouch Mesa is from typical.
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Moving to Crouch Mesa: who provides what
Crouch Mesa 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 Crouch Mesa.
Crouch Mesa keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Mexico and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Open space protected for good: nearly a third of Crouch Mesa
Its 5,554 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 96% of New Mexico towns.
Crouch Mesa’s trail density comes in at 2.7 miles per square mile. In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 55 miles of trail. The biggest park or preserve is Dustin Masonic Memorial Park, at 20 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dustin Masonic Memorial Park | — | 20 |
| 2. City of Farmington Animas River Fishing Access | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington Mennonite School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–9 | Grades 1–9 | 43 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NM on state tests and graduation
Crouch Mesa earns a C− for health
The share of adults in Crouch Mesa who feel lonely is 38%, above both the New Mexico town median (34%) and the median of U.S. towns (33%). Crouch Mesa: a fifth of adults report frequent mental distress. CDC measures, 32 in all: Crouch Mesa beats New Mexico on 3 and trails on 15. Only 7 of the 73 New Mexico towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Crouch Mesa.
| Crouch Mesa | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 67% | 69% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Crouch Mesa | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.9% | 7.4% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 30.2% | 35.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 27% | 14.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About half of Crouch Mesa’s working residents commute to Farmington
Jobs based here fell from 1,282 in 2013 to 820.
Most working residents leave Crouch Mesa for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in the town fell to 820 in 2023, 462 fewer than in 2013. The town’s average commute is 26 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 7 miles away.
| Crouch Mesa | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Crouch Mesa, with inland flooding at the top
74% of Crouch Mesa’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 12%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Crouch Mesa sells for about $495K
At 1.6 years of the Farmington metro’s $56K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 94% of New Mexico towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $706, against $1,731 across New Mexico, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
For Crouch Mesa, the going rate for rent is $1,040 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Crouch Mesa
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crouch Mesa
About 3 of every 100 Crouch Mesa residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
About Crouch Mesa
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Crouch Mesa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Crouch Mesa had a population of 5,257. The CDP is in northeastern San Juan County, bordered to the southwest by the city of Farmington and to the south by Lee Acres. Crouch Mesa Road (County Road 350) is the main route through the community, leading south 4 miles (6 km) to U.S. Route 64 in Lee Acres and north 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to State Road 516 in Flora Vista.
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- Area
- 21 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,771 ft
Crouch Mesa’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Crouch Mesa.
| Town | NM rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crouch Mesa | #21 | C | A− | — | B | C− |
| South River | — | — | B− | — | B | C |
| Lee Acres | #60 | D | C+ | — | B | C− |
| Farmington | #40 | C− | C | D | B | C+ |
South River has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Crouch Mesa, South River and Lee Acres report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Crouch Mesa with a neighbor →
Questions about Crouch Mesa
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crouch Mesa, NM a good place to live?
Crouch Mesa grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #21 of 72 in New Mexico. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Crouch Mesa, NM expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $89,000, 72% 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 A−.