Town Hall · Bosque Farms

Bosque Farms, NM town hall & government

Bosque Farms spent $5.2 million in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,290 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Bosque Farms's government.

Town budget · Census estimate

Where Bosque Farms's money goes

Spent
$5.2 million
fiscal year to June 30, 2024
Per resident
$1,290
typical New Mexico cities: $2,387
Long-term debt
$1.4 million
$336 per resident
Police
$2.1 million40%
Sewer & trash
$945,00018%
Administration & buildings
$677,00013%
Roads & transportation
$392,0008%
Water & other utilities
$380,0007%
Parks & libraries
$205,0004%
Fire
$168,0003%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$140,0003%
Health & welfare
$94,0002%
Paid to other governments
$14,000<1%
Other
$102,0002%

Where the money comes from

  • Sales taxes 41%
  • From the state 19%
  • Fees & charges 12%
  • Utility sales 9%
  • From other local governments 8%
  • Property taxes 5%
  • Interest, fines & other 4%
  • Other taxes & licenses 1%
  • From the federal government <1%

Bosque Farms didn't report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau's estimates.

Town workforce

Who works for Bosque Farms

Full-time staff
39
18 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$57,400
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
15
full-time, with power of arrest
Police
16 full-time1 part
Administration & buildings
11 full-time
Parks & libraries
2 full-time3 part
Sewer & trash
3 full-time
Water & other utilities
3 full-time
Courts, inspections & corrections
2 full-time
Roads & transportation
2 full-time
Health & welfare
0 full-time3 part
Other
0 full-time11 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Los Lunas Public Schools

Bosque Farms's K–12 school district, shared with Los Lunas, Peralta and Belen. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$15,991
New Mexico: $17,681
Students
8,242
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$47.1 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from New Mexico districts overall: 17% local, 64% state, 20% federal

  • Local 17%
  • State 69%
  • Federal 14%

Of the $15,991 per pupil, $9,211 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Property tax

What homeowners in Bosque Farms pay

Typical tax bill
$1,894
a year · New Mexico typical $1,731
Effective rate
0.65%
of home value · New Mexico 0.70%
Typical home value
$293,100
owner-occupied

The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate.

Local

Contact Bosque Farms's government

🏛️ Official websitebosquefarmsnm.gov ↗

Town hall & decisions in Bosque Farms →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Bosque Farms

Bosque Farms is represented in Congress by Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján and Representative Melanie A. Stansbury. Michelle Lujan Grisham is governor.

All of Bosque Farms's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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