White CliffsNM
A town of 581.
Is White Cliffs a good place to live?
Among 74 New Mexico towns, just 6 have a lower midpoint age than White Cliffs. White Cliffs has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
581 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to White Cliffs: who provides what
White Cliffs is unincorporated, so McKinley 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 White Cliffs.
About two in three of White Cliffs’ working residents commute to Gallup
The median household income for White Cliffs comes to $74,000, against $55,000 in New Mexico’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. For White Cliffs, the average commute is 32 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 5 miles. The share of residents in White Cliffs who live below the poverty line: 12%.
| White Cliffs | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in White Cliffs, with inland flooding at the top
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 73% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 87% of White Cliffs’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 8% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in White Cliffs brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 18° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy White Cliffs is
The share of adults in White Cliffs who report frequent physical distress is 13%, where New Mexico’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 14%. This New Mexico town beats the New Mexico average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. Just over a quarter of adults have high blood pressure locally. What’s more, among 74 New Mexico towns, just 5 have a lower share of adults who have diabetes than White Cliffs.
| White Cliffs | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 64% | 69% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 35% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 27% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 14% | 12% |
| What stands out | White Cliffs | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.6% | 7.2% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.9% | 7.4% |
| More adults with asthma | 11.8% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about White Cliffs
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of White Cliffs
About 12 of every 100 White Cliffs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
100% of working residents leave White Cliffs for work
Where White Cliffs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About White Cliffs
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
White Cliffs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 371.
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- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,594 ft
Questions about White Cliffs
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is White Cliffs, NM a good place to live?
White Cliffs has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.