Tres ArroyosNM
A town of 1,926.
Is Tres Arroyos a good place to live?
The best of Tres Arroyos’ subject grades are an A− for health and an A for the outdoors; the weakest is a C for cost of living. 61% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Tres Arroyos, above both New Mexico’s towns (23%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 6 of New Mexico’s 156 towns score higher on incomes. Tres Arroyos’ concentration of trails is 2.6 miles per square mile, where New Mexico’s towns sit at 1.0 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Only 15 of New Mexico’s 161 towns score higher on the outdoors. The biggest place to walk is Municipal Recreation Sports Complex, 160 acres with 1.4 miles of trail. Tres Arroyos has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Tres Arroyos stand out
Where Tres Arroyos beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Tres Arroyos for work
Where Tres Arroyos’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Tres Arroyos grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Tres Arroyos is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Bandelier National Monument and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tres Arroyos. Close and well known come first.
13 mi National MonumentBandelier National Monument248K visitors a year
6 mi MuseumGeorgia O'Keeffe Museum
24 mi National PreserveValles Caldera National Preserve85K visitors a year
6 mi Park & preserveSanta Fe Plaza
15 mi National Historical ParkPecos National Historical Park37K visitors a year
16 mi Ski areaSki Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Q3855588 runs · 1,753 ft verticalPhoto credits
Bandelier National Monument: Andrew Dunn (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Valles Caldera National Preserve: Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, Public domain · Santa Fe Plaza: See above, CC BY 2.0 · Pecos National Historical Park: Mosamiazaz at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ski Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Q38555: Ybratcher, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Tres Arroyos: who provides what
Tres Arroyos is unincorporated, so Santa Fe 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 Tres Arroyos.
A smaller share of adults in Tres Arroyos binge drink than in the typical New Mexico or U.S. town
Among adults in Tres Arroyos, 9.1% smoke cigarettes. Only 3 of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Tres Arroyos. This New Mexico town beats the New Mexico average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| Tres Arroyos | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Tres Arroyos | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 20.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.7% | 16.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.9% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Tres Arroyos stands out in New Mexico and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
The average commute for Tres Arroyos comes to 32 minutes. Jobs in Tres Arroyos grew by 75 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 268. The share of working residents in Tres Arroyos who work locally: 1.8%. The top destinations are Santa Fe (50%), Albuquerque (13%) and Los Alamos (12%).
| Tres Arroyos | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 14% | 8% |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Tres Arroyos brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Tres Arroyos’ July high stands at 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Municipal Recreation Sports Complex | 1.4 mi | 160 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The biggest natural risk in Tres Arroyos is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
In Tres Arroyos, the risk rating from FEMA is 44 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 54% come from inland flooding and 31% from wildfires. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Tres Arroyos sells for about $809K
86% of households live in a home they own in Tres Arroyos.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Tres Arroyos
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Tres Arroyos
About 7 of every 100 Tres Arroyos residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico.
About Tres Arroyos
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Tres Arroyos is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Tres Arroyos had a population of 2,123. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in northern Santa Fe County and is bordered to the southeast by the city of Santa Fe, the state capital, to the northeast by Tano Road, and to the north by Las Campanas. New Mexico State Road 599 (Veterans Memorial Highway) forms the southeast border of the CDP; across it to the southeast is the CDP of Agua Fria. Downtown Santa Fe is 9 miles (14 km) to the east.
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- Area
- 9.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,585 ft
Tres Arroyos’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Tres Arroyos.
| Town | NM rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tres Arroyos | — | — | C | — | B | A− |
| Las Campanas | — | — | D | — | B | B+ |
| Santa Fe | #22 | C | C− | D− | B | A− |
| Tano Road | — | — | D | — | B | A |
Tres Arroyos, Las Campanas and Tano Road have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Tres Arroyos, Las Campanas and Tano Road report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Tres Arroyos with a neighbor →
Questions about Tres Arroyos
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tres Arroyos, NM expensive?
The typical home is worth about $679,000, 115% above the New Mexico typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.