Census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States

Santa Teresa

$314kMedian Home
355Sunny Days/yr
78°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation4kCenter elevation3,793 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.

About Santa Teresa

Santa Teresa is an unincorporated community in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It is home to the Santa Teresa Port of Entry and is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area, although geographically it is considerably closer to El Paso, Texas, than to Las Cruces. While the United States Census Bureau defined Santa Teresa as a census-designated place (CDP), the census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. The population was 4,258 at the 2010 census and 5,044 at the 2020 census. The National Weather Service El Paso Weather Forecast Office that serves extreme western Texas and Southwestern New Mexico states is based in Santa Teresa.Wikipedia

Four seasonsNo real winterDry year-round
Place

Where It Is

Location Context
Santa Teresa, New Mexico
Latitude31.86°
Longitude-106.64°
Population4k
Center elevation3,793 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 Age34 yrs
College Educated43%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home5%of workforce
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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median rent
$314k
Median home price
Rent burden32% of income
Household Income
$68k
Median annual
Daily life

Livability

Walkability
1
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The year

Climate

Sunshine
355
sunny days per year
97% of the year
Avg High Temp
78°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Dry air
33% warm season / 43% cool season
Comfort Score
71/100
Good
Temp Swing
40°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Annual precipitation
8"
inches per year
Annual snowfall
2"
inches per year
Typical Air Quality
45
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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dry air much of the year
Summer 33% · Winter 43% · May-Jan 17-46%
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