Mora County, NM
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 35.98, -104.92.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
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- 3rd pct · 3,105th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 9th pct · 30th of 33 New Mexico counties · median 8,227
- 35th pct · 2,085th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 53rd pct · 16th of 33 New Mexico counties · median $968
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Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- New Mexico counties: not published this period
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
No rent index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
- New Mexico counties: not published this period
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
665 jobs at 131 employers (2026 Q1); -1.6% jobs and +8.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 3rd pct · 3,105th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 9th pct · 30th of 33 New Mexico counties · median 8,227
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mora County, NM | 665 jobs · $972/wk · -1.6% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 139 | $616 | 1.39 | +0.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 41 | $1,349 | 1.08 | +41.4% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 26 | $777 | 5.41 | +0.0% |
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Manufacturing | withheld | |||
| Retail trade | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | |||
| Information | withheld | |||
| Finance and insurance | withheld | |||
| Real estate and rental | withheld | |||
| Professional and technical services | withheld |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
D2 severe drought
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
7 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 7, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| EAGLE NEST LAKE NR EAGLE NEST, NM | 20,960 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 67 km |
| MCCLURE RESERVOIR NEAR SANTA FE N MEX | 1,211 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 89 km |
| NAMBE FALLS RESERVOIR NEAR NAMBE, NM | 1,652 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 90 km |
| NICHOLS RESERVOIR NEAR SANTA FE N MEX | 541.4 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 92 km |
| COSTILLA RESERVOIR NEAR COSTILLA, NM | 1,038 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 104 km |
| LAKE MALOYA NR RATON NM | 3,482 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 122 km |
| TRINIDAD LAKE NEAR TRINIDAD, CO. | 20,180 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 133 km |
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
45 gauges · 0 flooding · 6 with quality panels averaging 83 % · 9 stale
Sites found: 45, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| BEAVER CREEK NEAR EL PORVENIR, NM | stage 2.14 ft · quality 0 % (1) | 54 km |
| COYOTE CREEK NEAR GOLONDRINAS, NM | flow 5.65 ft³/s | 23 km |
| MORA RIVER NR SHOEMAKER, NM | flow 20.0 ft³/s · STALE | 24 km |
| MORA RIVER NEAR GOLONDRINAS, NM | flow 83.9 ft³/s | 24 km |
| MORA RIVER AT LA CUEVA, NM | flow 48.5 ft³/s | 30 km |
| MORA CREEK AT HOLMAN, NM | stage 8.93 ft · quality 100 % (1) | 42 km |
| SAPELLO RIVER ABOVE SAPELLO, NM | stage 6.52 ft · quality 100 % (4) | 42 km |
| RIO LA CASA ABOVE CLEVELAND, NM | stage 10.7 ft | 43 km |
| RAYADO CREEK NEAR CIMARRON, NM | flow 12.5 ft³/s | 44 km |
| MANUELITAS CREEK BELOW ROCIADA, NM | stage 6.87 ft | 46 km |
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
2 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 2, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-353146105144801 | depth 35.9 ft · 2026-10-05 | 59 km |
| USGS-352949105144301 | depth 25.7 ft · 2026-10-05 | 61 km |
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
moderate (0.38)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.50 + 0.2×0.17 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$121.0 m in deposits at 2 offices of 2 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 5,031, highly concentrated. $48.4 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $35.9 m, grants $12.4 m), $72,787 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Capital Bank | $65.3 m · 54.0% share · 1 office | |
| Community 1st Bank Las Vegas | $55.7 m · 46.0% share · 1 office | |
| Mora, NM | $48.4 m FY2026 · $72,787/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $35.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Capital Bank | $65,322,000 | 54.0% | 1 |
| Community 1st Bank Las Vegas | $55,721,000 | 46.0% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 5,031 across 2 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 2 banks with deposits in the county = 54.0² + 46.0² = 5,031
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $29,249,074 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $5,861,375 |
| Department of Agriculture | $5,325,946 |
| Department of Transportation | $4,621,570 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2,283,032 |
| Department of Justice | $472,714 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $277,121 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $109,534 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $83,302 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $74,001 |
| Department of Education | $25,959 |
| Department of the Interior | $19,577 |
That is $72,787 per covered job, against 665 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $48.4 m / 665 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $72,787
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 12.69 | 2026-10-05 | +3.3% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.60 | 2026-10-06 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 6.00 | 2026-09-22 | -14.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 6,830.00 | 2026-08-01 | +7.4% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -88,576.00 | 2026-07-01 | -24.4% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Mora County, NM: 5 findings, 1 at a watch level and 4 noted
watchMora County, NM's covered employment is -1.6% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -1.6 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteMora County, NM's average weekly wage was 8.2% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +8.2 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteMora County, NM's covered employment was 1.6% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -1.6 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteMora County, NM's covered employment of 665 ranks 3,105th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 8,232.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 4 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteMora County, NM's covered employment of 665 ranks 30th of 33 New Mexico counties, against a median of 8,227.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 9 on the 0-to-100 scale across 33 New Mexico counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.