Santo Domingo PuebloNM
A town of 2,370.
Is Santo Domingo Pueblo a good place to live?
Santo Domingo Pueblo’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living, an A− for walkability, and an A for history; its weakest is a D for health. On cost of living, just 8 of New Mexico’s 156 towns do better. The median household income is $57K, and 23% of residents live below the poverty line. On walkability, just 10 of New Mexico’s 159 towns do better. On history, just 1 of New Mexico’s 161 towns do better. Santo Domingo Pueblo's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. Only 16 of New Mexico’s 161 towns score lower on the outdoors. Santo Domingo Pueblo has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Santo Domingo Pueblo stand out
Where Santo Domingo Pueblo beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Santo Domingo Pueblo | NM |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 24.1% | 13.4% |
85% of working residents leave Santo Domingo Pueblo for work
Where Santo Domingo Pueblo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Santo Domingo Pueblo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Santo Domingo Pueblo is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Santo Domingo Pueblo: who provides what
Santo Domingo Pueblo is unincorporated, so Sandoval 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 Santo Domingo Pueblo.
Compared with most of New Mexico and the rest of the country, more of Santo Domingo Pueblo’s adults sleep under 7 hours
Among adults in Santo Domingo Pueblo, 27% have been diagnosed with depression. Only 4 of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Santo Domingo Pueblo. The share of adults in Santo Domingo Pueblo who binge drink is 15%, against 13% in New Mexico’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Santo Domingo Pueblo is ahead of New Mexico on 1 and behind on 20.
| Santo Domingo Pueblo | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 34% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 23% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 66% | 69% | 79% |
| What stands out | Santo Domingo Pueblo | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 7.4% |
| More smokers | 24.1% | 13.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Santo Domingo Pueblo has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The top destinations are Albuquerque (21%), Santa Fe (16%) and Bernalillo (8%). Just 15% of Santo Domingo Pueblo’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in Santo Domingo Pueblo grew to 195 in 2023, 105 more than in 2013. In Santo Domingo Pueblo, the mean commuting time is 32 minutes, where New Mexico’s towns sit at 23 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
| Santo Domingo Pueblo | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 14% | 8% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Santo Domingo Pueblo
In Santo Domingo Pueblo, the midsummer high is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Santo Domingo Pueblo, mostly inland flooding
The risk rating from FEMA in Santo Domingo Pueblo is 61 of 100. FEMA puts 52% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 24% to drought.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Santo Domingo Pueblo is conserved land
1.5 miles of trail. Santo Domingo Pueblo’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.8 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Bandelier National Monument and 42 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Santo Domingo Pueblo. Close and well known come first.
12 mi National MonumentBandelier National Monument248K visitors a year
22 mi National PreserveValles Caldera National Preserve85K visitors a year
35 mi Stadium & arenaUniversity Stadium
11 mi Park & preserveKasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
27 mi MuseumGeorgia O'Keeffe Museum
30 mi National Historical ParkPecos National Historical Park37K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Bandelier National Monument: Andrew Dunn (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Valles Caldera National Preserve: Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, Public domain · University Stadium: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument: Marshallhenrie, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Pecos National Historical Park: Mosamiazaz at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Santo Domingo Pueblo
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Santo Domingo Pueblo; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Santo Domingo Pueblo residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
Questions about Santo Domingo Pueblo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Santo Domingo Pueblo, 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+.