A town of 7,699. A typical home worth about $320K.
The 3 things Ruidoso does most differently from other towns.
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Ordered by what stands out in Ruidoso. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Ruidoso home is worth about $320,000, down 3.9% in a year, close to the New Mexico typical home.
46% of Ruidoso’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (9%), Ruidoso Downs (6%) and Roswell (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.
The public schools Ruidoso’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Vista Primary | PK–2 | 514 | Not graded |
| White Mountain Elementary | 3–5 | 374 | B |
| Ruidoso Middle | 6–8 | 373 | B |
| Ruidoso High | 9–12 | 527 | A |
21 miles of trails across 8 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. White Mountain Recreation Complex | 0.3 mi | 34 |
| 2. Wingfield Park | 0.3 mi | 8 |
| 3. Two Rivers Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
Ruidoso beats the New Mexico average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| What stands out | Ruidoso | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.5% | 16.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.9% | 15.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 7.4% |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 89% of U.S. communities.
Ruidoso has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 22°, and about 26 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 2 places on the National Register.
City in New Mexico, United States
Ruidoso (Spanish for "noisy") is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 7,679 at the 2020 census. The city of Ruidoso Downs and the unincorporated area of Alto are suburbs of Ruidoso, and contribute to the Ruidoso Micropolitan Statistical Area's population of 21,223. A mountain resort town, Ruidoso lies in the Sierra Blanca mountain range of south-central New Mexico, where it merges with the Sacramento Mountains to the south. Ruidoso is a resort community close to the slopes of Ski Apache, the Mescalero Apache Tribe-owned ski resort on Sierra Blanca, an almost 12,000-foot (3,700 m) mountain. The tribe also operates…
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One town shares a border with Ruidoso.