Las MaravillasNM
A town of 1,594.
Is Las Maravillas a good place to live?
The best of Las Maravillas’ subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Las Maravillas’ average trip to work is 37 minutes, against 23 minutes in New Mexico’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only 1 of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Las Maravillas. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Las Maravillas has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Las Maravillas for work
Where Las Maravillas’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Las Maravillas grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Las Maravillas is from typical.
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Moving to Las Maravillas: who provides what
Las Maravillas 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 Las Maravillas.
Las Maravillas faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Las Maravillas’ public schools trail 53% of New Mexico districts
Its public schools are run by the Los Lunas school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert View ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 393 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NM on state tests and graduation
More than half of Las Maravillas’ working residents commute to Albuquerque
Most working residents leave Las Maravillas for work: only 0% work in town. 9.7% of Las Maravillas residents live below the poverty line, below the New Mexico town median (21%) and near the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Albuquerque (51%), Los Lunas (11%) and Santa Fe (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Younger than New Mexico overall
People 65 and older are 8% of residents (19% statewide); children under 18 are 32% of residents (22% statewide). Las Maravillas’ median age is 30.7 years. 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across New Mexico.
| Las Maravillas | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 8% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 30.7 years | 37.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 34% and 64% women
The Census survey reached too few of Las Maravillas’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±14.7 points. Across New Mexico, 50.3% of residents are women.
| Las Maravillas | NM | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.6% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.2% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.4% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 5.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 4.3% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.8% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.4% | 25.7% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.4% | 22.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.1% | 9.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.2% | 17.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.2% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
In Las Maravillas, expect four seasons and hot summers
Las Maravillas has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. The July high in Las Maravillas is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Las Maravillas is healthier than 63% of U.S. towns
Las Maravillas beats the New Mexico average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 68% of Las Maravillas adults had a checkup this year.
| Las Maravillas | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 68% | 69% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 16% |
| What stands out | Las Maravillas | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.1% | 11.2% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 9% | 11% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Maravillas Park | — | 9 |
| 2. La Bonitas Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Las Maravillas
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Las Maravillas
About 4 of every 100 Las Maravillas residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
About Las Maravillas
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Las Maravillas is a census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Las Maravillas had a population of 1,604.
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
Las Maravillas’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Las Maravillas.
| Town | NM rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Maravillas | — | — | A− | — | B− | B |
| Monterey Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Las Maravillas has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Las Maravillas reports no FBI crime data of its own. Monterey Park isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Las Maravillas with a neighbor →
Questions about Las Maravillas
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Las Maravillas, 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−.