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Los Lunas earns a D, 53rd among New Mexico's 72 graded towns, mostly because of safety. Its crime rate is higher than 90% of U.S. towns, with 101 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. What it does well: it has 28 miles of trail. 14% of the land in Los Lunas is conserved, above both New Mexico’s towns (3.8%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve, at 1,717 acres with 14.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Los Lunas's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 88% of U.S. towns.
Where Los Lunas beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 876 in 1880, a low of 513 in 1930, 17,242 in 2020. The archive holds 21 old photos and papers going back to 1879 and 3 maps from 1952 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Los Lunas is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Los Lunas, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Los Lunas.
Los Lunas trades workers with Albuquerque and other neighbors and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more, but it is a long drive from an emergency room.
Los Lunas’ trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 13, covering 1,825 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve | 14.3 mi | 1,717 |
| 2. Heritage Park | 0.8 mi | 12 |
| 3. Daniel Fernandez Memorial Park | 0.5 mi | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Los Lunas school district. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The largest public high school is Los Lunas High, with 1,460 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Lunas MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 719 | – |
| Los Lunas HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,460 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NM on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 705 to 508 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
In Los Lunas, the violent crime rate is 4.9 per 1,000 residents, where New Mexico’s towns sit at 4 and U.S. towns at 1.6. For Los Lunas, the property crime rate is 19.8 per 1,000 residents. Within New Mexico, it does better than nearly two in five towns.
| Los Lunas | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.9 per 1,000 residents | 4 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 19.8 per 1,000 residents | 16.2 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
77% of Los Lunas’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 14%. Compared with 78% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2022.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Los Lunas has about as many jobs (7,577) as working residents, but only 1,303 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 4,939 in 2013 to 7,577.
Only 17% of working residents stay in Los Lunas for work; the rest commute out. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 2,638, to 7,577. In Los Lunas, 18% of residents live below the poverty line. Half the trips to work are shorter than 21 miles.
| Los Lunas | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 13% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among residents in Los Lunas, 27% are under 18. Children under 18 are 27% of residents (22% statewide). 20,572 people lived in Los Lunas by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 18% more than in 2020. 26% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 31% across New Mexico.
| Los Lunas | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.3 years | 37.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 23% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across New Mexico, 50.3% of residents are women.
| Los Lunas | NM | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.2% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.6% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.3% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.8% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.3% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.9% | 25.7% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.1% | 22.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 9.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.1% | 17.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.9% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 2.7% in value. For households in Los Lunas, the share who live in a home they own is 76%. The typical rent for Los Lunas comes to $1,110 a month.
| Los Lunas | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 76% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,110 a month | $936 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The nearest emergency room, Presbyterian Hospital, is 21.4 miles away in a straight line. Against the 9,484 U.S. towns with household incomes like Los Lunas’s, it is healthier than 70%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in Los Lunas who had a checkup this year: 69%. The town tracks New Mexico closely on all 32 CDC measures. Among adults in the town, 21% worry about having enough food and 24% say their health is fair or poor.
| Los Lunas | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 69% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 26% | 19% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Los Lunas
About 5 of every 100 Los Lunas residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico.
14,835 counted in 2010 and 17,242 in 2020; an estimated 20,572 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 18.3% since 2020, after 16.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
4 places in Los Lunas on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Los Lunas.
Village in New Mexico, United States
Los Lunas is a village in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village has a population of 17,242. It is the county seat of Valencia County. Los Lunas is part of the Albuquerque metropolitan area.
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4 towns share a border with Los Lunas.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D; Los Chaves (C−) is closest.
| Town | NM rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Lunas | #53 | D | C | D | B− | B− |
| Valencia | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C |
| El Cerro | #6 | B− | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Peralta | #15 | C+ | C+ | B− | B− | B |
| Los Chaves | #42 | C− | B | — | C | C+ |
Valencia has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Valencia, El Cerro and Los Chaves report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Los Lunas with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Los Lunas grades D overall, better than 13% of U.S. towns and #53 of 72 in New Mexico. It grades B− for health, D for safety and B− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
Within New Mexico, it does better than 39% of towns.
That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($70,783 across the Albuquerque, NM metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
4 notable people were born here, including Adelina Otero-Warren and Tranquilino Luna.
