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Edgewood, New Mexico

Edgewood is a small town of about 6,200 people in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, about 6,700 feet above sea level. Its population has held about steady since 2020. A typical home costs about 3.6 years of the typical household's income, compared with 4.1 across the U.S. The nearest metro area of about a million people or more, Denver, is about 328 miles away as the crow flies.

Population
6,157
down 0.4% since 2020
Typical home, 2020-24
$306,400
Santa Fe County prices up 14% since 2022
Household income
$84,761
U.S.: $80,734
Prices, Santa Fe area
98.8
U.S. average = 100
Emergency room
21 miles
Albuquerque, NM
To Denver
328 mi
straight line

The book's checklist

  • Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 1.2% below the U.S. average in the Santa Fe metro area.
  • More house for the moneyA typical home costs 3.6 years of the typical household's income here. Across the U.S. it's 4.1.
  • A safer neighborhood8 violent crimes were reported in 2025, about 1.3 per 1,000 people (U.S.: 3.3). Property crime: 17.5 per 1,000 (U.S.: 15.3).
  • Schools in town4 public schools: 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 K-12 and 1 other.
  • A hospital close byLovelace Women's Hospital in Albuquerque, about 21 miles away, has the nearest emergency room.
  • Within reach of a big cityDenver is about 328 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Edgewood meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024
$306,400U.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then
Up 14%Santa Fe County, 2022 to 2025
Typical rent, with utilities
$1,114 a monthU.S.: $1,413
Typical household income
$84,761U.S.: $80,734
Homes owned by the people living in them
92%U.S.: 65%
Typical property tax bill
$1,517 a yearNew Mexico: $1,731
Homes built before 1940
2%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010
13%U.S.: 11%
Vacation and seasonal homes
2%U.S.: 3%
Everyday prices
98.8U.S. average = 100 (the Santa Fe metro area)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 14% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the Santa Fe metro area, not Edgewood alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2025 estimate
6,1572020: 6,181
Median age
36.4 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older
16%U.S.: 17%
Under 18
24%U.S.: 22%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more
35%U.S.: 36%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year
3%U.S.: 6%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work
Schools, health care and social services (30%); professional and business services (17%); construction (12%)
Unemployment rate
5%U.S.: 5%
Average commute
36 minutesU.S.: 26 minutes
Work from home
14%U.S.: 15%
Below the poverty line
8%U.S.: 12%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: Lovelace Women's Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, about 21 miles away. It's a general hospital. Medicare gives it 4 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

4 public schools in Edgewood, run by Moriarty-Edgewood and Estancia Valley Classical Academy.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on New Mexico's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with cable, fiber or DSL internet
81%U.S.: 76%
Homes with any internet subscription
96%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low
19°F
July average high
83°F
Days 90°F or hotter
8 a year
Nights at or below freezing
171 a year
Rain and melted snow
14.8 inches a year
Snow
29 inches a year
Elevation
6,715 feet

Weather stations: Sandia Park (10 miles away) and Golden (9 miles away, rain and snow). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Lovelace Women's Hospital, Albuquerque, Denver.

Santa Fe County is in a metro area of fewer than 250,000 people (USDA rural-urban code 3, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

National Park Service sites within about an hour:

  • Petroglyph National Monument27 miles
  • Pecos National Historical Park36 miles
  • Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument37 miles
  • Bandelier National Monument39 miles
  • Manhattan Project National Historical Park49 miles

Read about Edgewood's history on Wikipedia.

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Nearby

Straight-line miles.

Small towns

Smaller places

  • Thunder Mountain, NM (unincorporated)1,366 people, 2 miles
  • Cedar Grove, NM (unincorporated)901 people, 4 miles
  • Sandia Knolls, NM (unincorporated)1,445 people, 5 miles
  • Sedillo, NM (unincorporated)565 people, 5 miles
  • Barton, NM (unincorporated)1,302 people, 5 miles
  • San Pedro, NM (unincorporated)172 people, 7 miles
  • San Antonito, NM (unincorporated)688 people, 7 miles
  • Paa-Ko, NM (unincorporated)743 people, 8 miles

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
  3. Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. FBI, Crime in the United States, Table 8 (offenses known to law enforcement by city)
  6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information
  7. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal)
  8. National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020
  10. U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
  11. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places listings
  12. National Park Service, park unit boundaries
  13. USDA Economic Research Service, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  14. U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Gazetteer files and 2020 urban areas

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.