A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Cedro$2,450/mo

Typical home $363K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

Cloudcroft$1,740/mo

Typical home $312K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.38% · Housing →

The difference: $710 a month, about $8,500 a year, between Cedro and Cloudcroft.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every New Mexico ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

–CedroNot graded B+CloudcroftBetter than 66% of districts in the state

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CedroCloudcroft

Snow a year—67″

January low—19°F

July high—72°F

Growing season (days)—134d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)85th 100th

Outdoors & history

CedroCloudcroft

Trails19 mi 4 mi

Conserved land63%7.3%

National Register places—2

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—2

Community

CedroCloudcroft

Library hours a week—30 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

147 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CedroNM CloudcroftNM

Cedro ↔ Cloudcroft147 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs New Mexico average

CedroCloudcroft

People

Population 372Lowest 630Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — +11.3% NM: +2.8%

Median age 51.3±10.2Lowest 30% above NM 61.1±10Highest 55% above NM

Cloudcroft and Cedro are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 13.2%±20.9Highest NM: 21.7% 6.7%±6.5Lowest NM: 21.7%

Cedro and Cloudcroft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 4.3%±13.8Lowest NM: 19.3% 31.4%±8.1Highest NM: 19.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 69.3%Highest NM: 31% 43.7%Lowest NM: 31%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±5.3Lowest NM: 6.3% 6.8%±6.9Highest NM: 6.3%

Cloudcroft and Cedro are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $121,766±$44kHighest 90% above NM $56,563±$35kLowest 12% below NM

Cedro and Cloudcroft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $362,800±$141kHighest 46% above NM $234,800±$64kLowest 5% below NM

Cedro and Cloudcroft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly — $897 48% below NM

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest NM: 50.2% 48.9%±59.7Highest NM: 50.2%

Cloudcroft and Cedro are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.8%Lowest NM: 17.8% 24.6%Highest NM: 17.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.7%Highest NM: 70% 84.2%Lowest NM: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 10 yrs newer than NM 1976Lowest 9 yrs older than NM

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 30% above NM 18 minLowest 22% below NM

Work from home 32.5%±35.6Highest NM: 12.2% 24.5%±17Lowest NM: 12.2%

Cedro and Cloudcroft are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 14.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 26.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.19Lowest 1.72Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Albuquerque (62%)Alamogordo (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CloudcroftFew work in Cedro

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 63%Highest 7.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 19.4 miHighest 3.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.6 miHighest 2.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 7.8Lowest 97.0Highest

Schools

School district —CLOUDCROFT

High school in town —Cloudcroft High

Students per teacherat that high school — 10.2

New Mexico average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Cedro vs Cloudcroft

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $710 more a month in Cedro

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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