Census-designated place · San Juan County, New Mexico

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico

Crouch Mesa is a census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, part of the Farmington, NM metro area. It has 4,812 residents. Crouch Mesa, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 7 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,504 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Mexico it ranks #107 of 163 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low) and dentists (high). It ranks worst on mental health care shortage (high), mammography screening (low) and premature death (high).

7Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,504 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Mexico: #107 of 163 in NM
Population: 4,812 (2020-2024)
Land area: 21 mi²
Density: 232.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3518905

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety3#15,179/15,637
Economy8#14,348/15,631
Housing98#229/14,977
Health8#14,396/15,609
Healthcare10#14,012/15,650
Environment74#4,027/15,453
Education7#14,567/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,503/15,650
Community1#15,451/15,651
Leisure & amenities6#14,710/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crouch Mesa, New Mexico ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “San Juan County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.4×
98/100New Mexico 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.1 µg/m³
96/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySan Juan County value
Dentists · high110 /100k
93/100New Mexico 70 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Juan County value
Rent as share of income · low14.2%
91/100New Mexico 30.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/100New Mexico 4.3%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySan Juan County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.59%
80/100New Mexico 0.63%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100New Mexico 16.6United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSan Juan County value
Mammography screening · low28.0%
1/100New Mexico 38.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Juan County value
Premature death · high17,661 /100k
2/100New Mexico 12,175 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Juan County value
Injury deaths · high161 /100k
2/100New Mexico 134 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Juan County value
Drought exposure · high99%
2/100New Mexico 84%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASan Juan County value
Distance to an airport · high148 mi
2/100New Mexico 56 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSan Juan County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.2% (2016-2020) → 81.7% (2020-2024)
+19 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
9.3% (2016-2020) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
+14 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
86.0% (2016-2020) → 77.5% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
7.7% (2016-2020) → 14.8% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.359 (2016-2020) → 0.485 (2020-2024)
+35%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Average commute timeWorsening
20.5 min (2016-2020) → 26.3 min (2020-2024)
+28%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Crouch Mesa, New Mexico over five years.

Cities and towns like Crouch Mesa, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crouch Mesa, New Mexico in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Crouch Mesa, New Mexico five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,812 residents (±731)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,812 residents (±731)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

White29%†1,373
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino36%1,738

Education

2,825 residents (±405)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

No high school diploma22%†635
High school or GED31%870
Some college26%†725

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,239 households (±161)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k20%†246
$25k–50k20%†244
$50k–75k14%†177
$75k–100k17%†213
$100k–150k16%†203
$150k–200k4.8%†60
$200k or more7.7%†96

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,239 households (±161)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own77%954
Rent23%†285

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

240 households (±100)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $75041%†99
$750–1,0003.3%†8
$1,000–1,50048%†116

Home values

954 homes (±171)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $150k69%†662
$150k–250k3.7%†35
$250k–400k20%†189

Age of homes

1,364 homes (±205)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

2010 or later8.2%†112
2000–200923%†309
1980–199955%756

Size of homes

1,364 homes (±205)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Studio1.2%†17
1 bedroom1.5%†21
2 bedrooms17%†236

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,949 workers (±329)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone85%1,662
Carpool11%†210
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.0%†77
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,872 workers (±328)

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under 15 min11%†201
15–29 min60%1,122
30–44 min17%†312

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Farmington, NM

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of San Juan County, the county holding most of Crouch Mesa's residents.

San Juan County has 2,475 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.97× New Mexico's), with 35,168 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,919. The Census Bureau also counts 5,953 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,475; 5,953 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 35,168
Average annual pay: $52,919; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of San Juan County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	214	17.7	0.85×About typical	2,950	$62,825	339
Restaurants and other eating places	184	15.2	0.83×About typical	4,397	$19,965	36
Specialty trade contractors	155	12.8	0.83×About typical	1,607	$55,106	371
Limited-service restaurants	108	8.9	1.12×About typical	2,399	$18,747	18
Lessors of real estate	85	7	0.57×Fewer than typical	250	$41,892	621
Automotive repair and maintenance	72	6	1.18×About typical	381	$40,118	120
Truck transportation	72	6	1.18×About typical	751	$66,529	152
Building equipment contractors	70	5.8	0.96×About typical	598	$61,339	68
Offices of physicians	68	5.6	0.87×About typical	676	$116,809	37
Offices of other health practitioners	63	5.2	0.86×About typical	284	$50,011	125
Religious organizations	63	5.2	0.94×About typical	509	$21,568	—
Gasoline stations	62	5.1	1.58×More than typical	515	$25,823	—

Rank places for an industry Open San Juan County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 120,754 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $32M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Crouch Mesa, New Mexico: $6,656 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $32M; +101% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,656; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Bureau of Reclamation$31.7M99%
Departmental Offices$94.9K0.3%
Federal Acquisition Service$87.1K0.3%
Department of the Army$70.4K0.2%
Federal Aviation Administration$32.5K0.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs$18.4K0.1%
Indian Health Service$15.7K0.0%
Department of Energy$11.4K0.0%

Top recipients

AMES FEDERAL CONTRACTING GROUP LLC$14.3M45%
FLATLAND ENERGY SERVICES LLC$8.3M26%
CARSTENSEN CONTRACTING INC$8M25%
JACOBS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CO.$934.8K2.9%
ARCHER WESTERN CONSTRUCTION, LLC$93.2K0.3%

Spending by fiscal year

7.6MFY2017
765.3KFY2018
3.2MFY2019
6.7MFY2020
5MFY2021
16.3MFY2022
4.8MFY2023
16.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Utility system construction · 2371$31.5M98%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$90.1K0.3%
Wholesale trade agents and brokers · 4251$87.1K0.3%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$70.4K0.2%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$57.1K0.2%
Water, sewage and other systems · 2213$55.4K0.2%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Crouch Mesa, New Mexico, so they do not add up across cities.

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico's figures are part of those of San Juan County, NM ($338.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 9.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Crouch Mesa is mostly in San Juan County.

See federal money in San Juan County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Crouch Mesa, New Mexico is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Teresa Leger FernandezD-NM-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 8.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

San Juan County5100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Farmington, NM7

Other cities and towns in San Juan County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Crouch Mesa, New Mexico five years ago that improved