Unincorporated community & CDP in New Mexico, United States

Hillsboro

$229kMedian Home
357Sunny Days/yr
76°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation124Elevation5,253 ft
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Four real seasons, with mostly dry year-round. Spring and fall feel like real transition seasons. The air stays fairly dry through the year. Air quality can be a watchout.

Hillsboro is an unincorporated community in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, located in the southwestern part of the state. It was founded in 1877, following the discovery of gold. The community was the county seat of Sierra County from 1884 until 1936, when Hot Springs became the county seat.Wikipedia

Four seasonsDry year-roundDry air
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Where It Is

Location Context
Hillsboro, New Mexico
Latitude32.92°
Longitude-107.57°
Population124
Altitude5,253 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.

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Nature Access

Nature & Park Feeds

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Cost of Living

Housing
$229k
Median home price
Household Income
$43k
Median annual
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Livability

Getting AroundCar-light possible
Central-location walkability plus available transit and density context

Easy to live car-light.

Central walkability
93
Transit Score
56
Internet
No internet coverage data yet.
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Climate

Sunshine
357
sunny days per year
98% of the year
Avg High Temp
76°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Dry air
34% warm season / 42% cool season
Comfort Score
68/100
Good
Temp Swing
40°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
6"
inches per year
Snowfall
3"
inches per year
Air Quality
41
Good AQI
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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Precipitation Distribution
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Humidity Through The Year
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dry air much of the year
Summer 34% · Winter 42% · May-Jan 18-45%
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Current Conditions

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