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%

Cloudcroft$1,740/mo

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

Cedro$2,450/mo

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

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

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

CloudcroftCedro

Snow a year67″—

January low19°F —

July high72°F —

Growing season (days)134d —

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

Outdoors & history

CloudcroftCedro

Trails4 mi 19 mi

Conserved land7.3%63%

National Register places2 —

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

CloudcroftCedro

Library hours a week30 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.

CloudcroftNM CedroNM

Cloudcroft ↔ Cedro147 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

CloudcroftCedro

People

Population 630Highest 372Lowest

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

Median age 61.1±10Highest 55% above NM 51.3±10.2Lowest 30% 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 6.7%±6.5Lowest NM: 21.7% 13.2%±20.9Highest 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+ 31.4%±8.1Highest NM: 19.3% 4.3%±13.8Lowest NM: 19.3%

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.8%±6.9Highest NM: 6.3% 0%±5.3Lowest 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 $56,563±$35kLowest 12% below NM $121,766±$44kHighest 90% above 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 $234,800±$64kLowest 5% below NM $362,800±$141kHighest 46% above 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 48.9%±59.7Highest NM: 50.2% 0%±100Lowest 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 24.6%Highest NM: 17.8% 3.8%Lowest NM: 17.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 24.5%±17Lowest NM: 12.2% 32.5%±35.6Highest 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 14.2%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CedroFew work in Cloudcroft

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.3%Lowest 63%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.6 miLowest 19.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.3 miLowest 3.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

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

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?

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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.

Cloudcroft vs Cedro

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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