JaralesNM
A town of 2,144, settled in 1895.
Is Jarales a good place to live?
Jarales’ best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Jarales’ median age is 54.8 years, where New Mexico’s towns sit at 37.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 2 of New Mexico’s 156 towns score higher on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Commission Land, at 245 acres. Jarales has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Jarales has shrunk 18% from 2010 to 2020
2,475 counted in 2010 and 2,042 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Jarales grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Jarales is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Jarales: who provides what
Jarales is unincorporated, so Valencia 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 Jarales.
On state tests, Jarales’ schools trail 75% of New Mexico districts
Its public schools are run by the Belen school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Sanchez ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 316 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NM on state tests and graduation
Jarales faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 89% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Jarales.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Jarales’ workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Jarales for work: only 1% work in town. 9.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Jarales, below the New Mexico town median (21%) and near the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Jarales has added 47 jobs, to 85 in 2023.
| Jarales | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 14% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.5% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Jarales trails 68% of U.S. towns
Jarales beats the New Mexico average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 17% of Jarales adults have diabetes. Only 6 of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Jarales.
| Jarales | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 19% |
| What stands out | Jarales | NM |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 77.1% | 73.3% |
| More adults with diabetes | 16.6% | 13.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jarales has four seasons and hot summers
Jarales has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Jarales’ July high is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Commission Land | — | 245 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Jarales
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Jarales
About 4 of every 100 Jarales residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
99% of working residents leave Jarales for work
Where Jarales’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Jarales’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Jarales.
Jarales has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Jarales reports no FBI crime data of its own. Pueblitos isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Jarales with a neighbor →