Albuquerque.
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New Mexico·Bernalillo County
154 tracts·523K people·$292K median·2,795/mi²
Hispanic 48 · White 38 · Other 5 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 3 · Black 3
Living alone 38 · Married couple 34 · Other 28
Health 30 · Professional 25 · Retail 17 · Manufacturing 10 · Leisure 10 · Public admin 5 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 47 · Sales · office 20 · Service 17 · Production · transport 9 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 71 · Carpool 19 · Work from home 15 · Walk 2 · Transit 1 · Bike 1
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Albuquerque is $291,500 (Census ACS) — 0.6× the US median of $458,812.
Albuquerque has 562,218 residents across 138 census tracts and 86 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 38.8; the population is 47.7% Hispanic or Latino, 37.5% White, 4.7% Other, 3.9% Multiracial, 3.2% Asian and 3.0% Black; the average household has 2.3 people; 39.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 15.5% (Census ACS).
ALTURA PREPARATORY SCHOOL (91%), DESERT WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL (81%) and HUBERT H HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY (73%) lead the elementary schools; EISENHOWER MIDDLE (67%), DESERT RIDGE MIDDLE (63%) and TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL (50%) lead the middle schools; ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE (90%), COTTONWOOD CLASSICAL PREP (69%) and EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY (64%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,145/month, 27% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Albuquerque is $68,317 a year, 21% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Albuquerque, median rent is $1,145/month and the median home value is $291,500 (Census ACS).
Albuquerque reported 13.2 violent crimes and 47.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 85°F; winter lows average 24°F; there are 76 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 16 inches; snowfall averages 24 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Albuquerque are winter weather (80), earthquake (72) and wildfire (66), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.17g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Albuquerque, 2.1% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).