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35.74° N · 105.98° W · GEOID 3576165

Tano Road

Santa Fe County, New Mexico · part of the Santa Fe, NM metro

Limited data population under 5,000

New MexicoTano Road, NMTano RoadTano Road

The short answer

Tano Road is home to 1,586 people. Median household income is $183,162 a year and median rent is $2,196 a month, 14.4% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $1,133,900, about 6.2x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$2,196
61% above the median place
Median household income
$183,162
128% above the median place
Median home value
$1,133,900
255% above the median place
Unemployment
5.3%
8% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Tano Road

  • After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $161,900 a year left, more than in 95% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the highest of 22 New Mexico places.
  • Owning with a mortgage costs about $1,805 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 97% of places its size. It is the highest of 46 New Mexico places.
  • 98% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 99% of places its size. It is the highest of 46 New Mexico places.
  • The median resident is 65.4 years old, older than in 99% of places its size. It is the highest of 46 New Mexico places.
  • 39% of workers mostly work from home, more than in 98% of places its size. It is the highest of 37 New Mexico places.

Rent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 86 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings.

01

Moving to Tano Road

Santa Fe County gains about 0.7 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in6,901
Moved out6,813
Net+88

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Bernalillo County, NM8551,123−268
Torrance County, NM129137−8

Within New Mexico, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within New MexicoOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$94K
Leavers$83K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Santa Fe County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.8% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 3.4% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Santa Fe County report $93,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $82,700, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$87,800 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $2,196 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $4,001 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $1,133,900.
Getting to work
35 minutes each way on average; 38.6% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Naples, FL matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
3.4%
70% above the median place
Income of households moving in7
$93,607
33% above the median place
Income of households moving out7
$82,671
18% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureTano RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure5.8%1% above
Moved from another state1County figure3.4%70% above
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure0.7above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$93,60733% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$82,67118% above
02

What it costs to live here

Homeownership is 97.9%, 47% above the median place.

Tano Road14.4%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$87,840
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
14.4%
29% below the median place
Home price to income
6.2x
63% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
14%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$161,700
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Tano Road, $2,196 a month, and local prices for everything else (96.9 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Tano Road, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
El Granada, CA11.4% vs 14.4%$28,200Compare

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Homeownership1
97.9%
47% above the median place
Median home value1
$1,133,900
255% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$4,001
114% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureTano RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$2,19661% above
Rent to income114.4%29% below
Property tax rate10.5%45% below
Home price to income16.2x63% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure98.82% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,7357% above
HUD area median income4County figure$118,60011% above
Property tax paid (median)1$5,65373% above
Median home value1$1,133,900255% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure0.8%75% below
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure48.3%6% below
Homeownership197.9%47% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure51.0%1% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$4,001114% above
Vacant homes1County figure10.2%45% above
Median year built119971% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Works from home1
38.6%
210% above the median place
Income per person1
$106,535
166% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureTano RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$183,162128% above
Income per person1$106,535166% above
Unemployment1County figure5.3%8% above
Average annual pay6County figure$64,3792% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure5.2%41% above
Jobs6County figure61,88059% below
Poverty rate1County figure12.0%11% above
Mean commute135 min41% above
Works from home138.6%210% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

High school or higher is 99.7%, 8% above the median place.

High school or higher1
99.7%
8% above the median place
Median age1
65.4
68% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
76.7%
139% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Household size2.1 −17%
Born abroad3.3% −63%
Homes with broadband96.1% +4%
All 8 people measures
MeasureTano RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population11,5866646th largest
Median age165.468% above
Bachelor's or higher176.7%139% above
High school or higher199.7%8% above
Household size12.117% below
Born abroad13.3%63% below
No health insurance1County figure8.9%39% above
Homes with broadband196.1%4% above
05

Life in Tano Road

97 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 7 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k18.9 +70%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails2 km +0%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars25.6 +23%
Shops50.8 +68%
Arts, recreation and fitness10.0 2.4×
Doctors' offices and clinics28.6 +42%
Child care centers1.0 −57%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Child care centers per 10k8
1.0
57% below the median place
Shops per 10k8
50.8
68% above the median place
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8
10.0
144% above the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureTano RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure49above (median 9)
Public school students11County figure19,951307% above
Students per teacher11County figure14.09% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure25.623% above
Shops per 10k8County figure50.868% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure10.0144% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure28.642% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.057% below
Parks per 10k90.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k918.970% above
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails92.00% above
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings10County figure97above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Annual precipitation is 14.8 in, 66% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Tano Road. Larger places are fetched first.

Annual precipitation12
14.8 in
66% below the median place
Tornado risk13
24.5
70% below the median place
Wildfire risk13
98.2
60% above the median place
All 10 weather and risk measures
MeasureTano RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure85°F2% below
January average low12County figure19°F26% below
Average temperature12County figure50°F9% below
Annual precipitation12County figure14.8 in66% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure86.07% below
Tornado risk13County figure24.570% below
Wildfire risk13County figure98.260% above
Heat wave risk13County figure53.041% below
Median air quality index14County figure442% above
Good air days14County figure78.4%14% above
08

Tano Road in 2030: where the trends point

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median household income$183,162 (2024)$240,500$203,000 to $284,500+4.6%
Median home value$1,133,900 (2024)$1,616,000$1,173,000 to $2,226,000+6.1%

The median home would be worth 6.7 years of the median income in 2030, against 6.2 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Tano Road

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Naples, FL$2,305$153,182Compare
Oak Brook, IL$2,590$175,870Compare
North Hills, NY$3,501$173,315Compare
El Granada, CA$2,034$213,347Compare
El Granada, CANorth Hills, NYOak Brook, ILNaples, FLTano Road, NMTano RoadNaplesOak BrookNorth HillsEl GranadaTano RoadNaplesOak BrookNorth HillsEl Granada

Common questions

Is Tano Road a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $161,900 a year left, more than in 95% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the highest of 22 New Mexico places. Owning with a mortgage costs about $1,805 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 97% of places its size. It is the highest of 46 New Mexico places. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Tano Road expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 14.4% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $1,133,900.

What salary do you need to live in Tano Road?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $87,840 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Tano Road?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Naples, FL, Oak Brook, IL, North Hills, NY and El Granada, CA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Tano Road with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Tano Road itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/tano-road-new-mexico

Citytistics. “Tano Road, New Mexico.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/tano-road-new-mexico/

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