Los LucerosNM
A town of 1,136, settled in 1855.
Is Los Luceros a good place to live?
Los Luceros’ best subject grade is a B for history; its weakest is a D− for walkability. On hazard risk, just 9 of New Mexico’s 161 towns do worse. Los Luceros's public schools trail 78% of New Mexico towns on state tests and graduation. Only 2 of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Los Luceros. On the outdoors, just 5 of New Mexico’s 161 towns do worse. Los Luceros Hacienda is on the National Register of Historic Places. Los Luceros has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,136 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Los Luceros grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Los Luceros is from typical.
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Moving to Los Luceros: who provides what
Los Luceros 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 Los Luceros.
Inland flooding leads a very high hazard risk in Los Luceros
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 92% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Los Luceros’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Los Luceros for work: only 0% work in town. Los Luceros’ average trip to work is 33 minutes, against 23 minutes in New Mexico’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Albuquerque (25%), Los Alamos (20%) and Española (10%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Los Luceros trails 66% of U.S. towns
Los Luceros beats the New Mexico average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 21% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Los Luceros, above both the New Mexico town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (8.1%). 12% of Los Luceros adults binge drink.
| Los Luceros | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 69% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| What stands out | Los Luceros | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 7.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 21.3% | 15.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Los Luceros has four seasons and hot summers
Los Luceros has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The July high in Los Luceros is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Los Luceros
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Los Luceros
About 0 of every 100 Los Luceros residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
100% of working residents leave Los Luceros for work
Where Los Luceros’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Los Luceros
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Los Luceros is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Los Luceros had a population of 891. It includes or is close to Los Luceros Hacienda, a historic plantation with chapel that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,709 ft