Mount TaylorNM
A town of 335.
Is Mount Taylor a good place to live?
Of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare, none has a higher share of households owning their home than Mount Taylor. Mount Taylor has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
335 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Mount Taylor: who provides what
Mount Taylor is unincorporated, so Cibola 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 Mount Taylor.
Most of Mount Taylor’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Mount Taylor for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Mount Taylor grew to 47 in 2023, 39 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Grants (36%), Gallup (11%) and Milan (9%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Mount Taylor
Mount Taylor has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. At 90°F, Mount Taylor’s July high is where New Mexico’s towns sit at 93°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Mount Taylor is
Mount Taylor beats the New Mexico average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 68% of adults had a checkup this year in Mount Taylor, below both the New Mexico town median (69%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%). 18% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Mount Taylor.
| Mount Taylor | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 68% | 69% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 23% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 19% |
| What stands out | Mount Taylor | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.3% | 7.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 25.1% | 20.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Mount Taylor, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Mount Taylor
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Taylor
About 0 of every 100 Mount Taylor residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
99% of working residents leave Mount Taylor for work
Where Mount Taylor’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Mount Taylor
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Mount Taylor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Mount Taylor had a population of 436. The community is in northern Cibola County and is bordered to the north and west by Grants, the county seat, and to the south by the Rio San Jose and a tributary. New Mexico State Road 117, the local name of Historic Route 66, passes through the community. Mount Taylor, at 11,301 feet (3,445 m) the highest peak in Cibola County, is 14 miles (23 km) to the northeast.
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- Elevation
- 6,414 ft
Questions about Mount Taylor
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mount Taylor, NM a good place to live?
Mount Taylor has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.