Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,723, established in 1739. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The best of Tome’s subject grades is an A for history; the weakest is a D for walkability. Among 74 New Mexico towns, just 2 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Tome. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Only 7 of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare have a higher median age than Tome. On history, just 6 of New Mexico’s 161 towns do better. Tome has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Tome beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
The archive holds 14 old photos and papers going back to 2014 and 3 maps from 1952 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Tome is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Tome 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Tome.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Tome for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Tome has added 54 jobs, to 155 in 2023. 12% of Tome residents live below the poverty line, where New Mexico’s towns sit at 21% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Tome | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tome has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. At 94°F, Tome’s July high is above both New Mexico’s towns (93°F) and U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Tome tracks New Mexico closely on all 32 CDC measures. 18% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Tome. Among 74 New Mexico towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Tome.
| Tome | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 69% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Tome | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Plaza de Tome | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Tome
About 6 of every 100 Tome residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico.
Where Tome’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Tome on the National Register of Historic Places.
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Tome (Spanish: Tomé) is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. It is located in the Rio Grande valley near the foot of Tome Hill (El Cerro Tomé), a notable Catholic pilgrimage site. The village lies along New Mexico State Road 47 and is neighbored by Valencia to the north and Adelino to the south. It is the location of the Valencia Campus of the University of New Mexico. Tome has a post office with ZIP code 87060. As of the 2020 census, Tome had a population of 1,718. The community was established when land abandoned by Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza following the Pueblo Revolt was granted to a new group of settlers in 1739. Once an i…
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2 towns share a border with Tome.
| Town | NM rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tome | — | — | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Los Chaves | #42 | C− | B | — | C | C+ |
| Adelino | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tome has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Tome and Los Chaves report no FBI crime data of their own. Adelino isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tome with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
