City in New Mexico, United States

Belen

$255kMedian Home
354Sunny Days/yr
73°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation7kCenter elevation4,810 ft
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Four real seasons, with mostly dry year-round. Spring and fall feel like real transition seasons. Snow is a real part of winter. The air stays fairly dry through the year.

About Belen

Belén is the second most populated city in Valencia County, New Mexico, the United States, after its county seat, Los Lunas. The population was 7,360 as of the 2020 Census.Wikipedia

Four seasonsDry year-roundSnowy winterThe Hub City, B-Town
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Location Context
Belen, New Mexico
Latitude34.66°
Longitude-106.78°
Population7k
Center elevation4,810 ft

State Context

New MexicoU.S. state

New Mexico is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also borders the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south. New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its state capital is Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S.—founded in 1610 as the government seat of Nuevo México in New Spain—and the highest in elevation, at 7,000 feet (2,134 m).Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.70% - 5.90%Avg sales tax: 7.61%Property tax: 0.62%Official school data available

About the Region

Desert Southwest

The Desert Southwest — Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico — shares a climate defined by heat, aridity, and extraordinary landscape. Phoenix has grown into one of the country's largest cities on the premise of air-conditioned suburban living, a bargain for decades that is being stress-tested by climate shifts pushing summer highs above 110°F and placing long-term water resources under pressure. Las Vegas offers Nevada's zero income tax and extraordinary entertainment infrastructure against the same water equation tied to a shrinking Colorado River.

Tucson, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe offer a different profile: human-scale cities with deep roots in Spanish colonial and Indigenous traditions, lower costs than their larger neighbors, and the landscape that draws artists, retirees, and outdoor enthusiasts. The region's sunlight is exceptional — Phoenix regularly exceeds 300 sunny days per year — and the cultural texture across New Mexico in particular is unlike anywhere else in the United States.

Outdoors

Nature Access

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People

City Profile

Median Age44 yrs
College Educated21%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home8%of workforce
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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median rent
$255k
Median home price
Rent burden54% of income
Household Income
$39k
Median annual
Daily life

Livability

Safety Score
47
School Rating
5.9/10
Internet
No internet coverage data yet.
The year

Climate

Sunshine
354
sunny days per year
97% of the year
Avg High Temp
73°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Dry air
33% warm season / 52% cool season
Comfort Score
53/100
Mixed
Temp Swing
47°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Annual precipitation
8"
inches per year
Annual snowfall
9"
inches per year
Typical Air Quality
47
Good · 2024 modeled average
How To Read Comfort

Comfort combines temperature band fit, humidity fit, seasonal swing, and penalties for long stretches of extreme heat or cold. Higher scores mean the yearly pattern stays closer to an easier day-to-day climate band.

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Humidity Through The Year
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big seasonal humidity swing
Summer 33% · Winter 52% · May-Jan 22-56%
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Natural Hazard Risk

Wildfire Risk
moderate
FEMA rating
Poor Air Days
14 days
per year with AQI > 100
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