La VillitaNM
A town of 1,534.
Is La Villita a good place to live?
La Villita’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. On the outdoors, just 10 of New Mexico’s 161 towns do worse. La Villita has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How La Villita grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far La Villita is from typical.
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Moving to La Villita: who provides what
La Villita is unincorporated, so Rio Arriba 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 La Villita.
La Villita has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Among 74 New Mexico towns, just 4 have a higher natural-hazard score from FEMA than La Villita. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 78% come from inland flooding and 11% from wildfires. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 92% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Young adults are less common in La Villita than in New Mexico
The midpoint age in La Villita is 41.4 years. Adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (23% statewide); children under 18 are 30% of residents (22% statewide). Nearly a quarter of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across New Mexico.
| La Villita | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.4 years | 37.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 17% and 74% women
The Census survey reached too few of La Villita’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±28.6 points. Across New Mexico, 50.3% of residents are women.
| La Villita | NM | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 20.5% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 21.3% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.7% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.1% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.9% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.8% | 25.7% | 26% |
| Some college | 31% | 22.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 9.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.2% | 17.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.9% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of La Villita are less healthy than two in three U.S. towns
For adults in La Villita, the share who binge drink is 13%. The town beats the New Mexico average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. Of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than La Villita. Also worth knowing: just over a fifth of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in the town, above both New Mexico’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (8.1%).
| La Villita | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 69% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| What stands out | La Villita | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.8% | 14.2% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 7.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 22% | 15.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and hot summers in La Villita
La Villita’s midsummer high is 90°F, below the New Mexico town median (93°F) but above the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 1.5 jobs for every working resident, La Villita draws in 109 commuters
The median commute is under 74 miles. La Villita’s average commute stands at 30 minutes. Among 73 New Mexico towns, just 6 have a higher typical household income than La Villita. On the other hand, in La Villita, 4.7% of residents live below the poverty line.
| La Villita | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Everything we know about La Villita
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of La Villita
About 4 of every 100 La Villita residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
About La Villita
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
La Villita is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, La Villita had a population of 999.
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- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,715 ft
La Villita’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with La Villita.
| Town | NM rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Villita | — | — | A− | — | C− | C |
| Los Luceros | — | — | — | — | C− | C |
| Alcalde | — | — | — | — | — | — |
La Villita and Los Luceros have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. La Villita and Los Luceros report no FBI crime data of their own. Alcalde isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare La Villita with a neighbor →
Questions about La Villita
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is La Villita, NM expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.