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Median House Value:

Penasco, NM

Found within zip codes: 87553, 87521
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NEIGHBORHOOD COST DETAILS
MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE $143,530
  • medium cost relative to New Mexico
  • medium cost relative to the nation
HOUSE VALUE RANGE
COST
$1,938,000+  0%
$1,453,001-$1,938,000  0%
$969,001-$1,453,000  0%
$774,001-$969,000  0%
$581,001-$774,000  0%
$387,001-$581,000  3%
$194,001-$387,000  28%
$97,001-$194,000  40%
$0-$97,000  29%
% OF HOMES
RENTAL PRICE low cost relative to NM, low cost relative to the nation


NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL,
& CHARACTER
DETAILS
THE SETTING Rural (based on population density)
TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Single-family homes, some Mobile homes, some Rowhouses & attached homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, a few Small apartment buildings
SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms)
AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later)
HOME OWNERSHIP Mostly Owner occupied
SPECIAL CHARACTER mostly Artsy/funky, Quiet


THE NEIGHBORS DETAILS
AGE & LIFESTYLE mostly Mixed ages, some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college)
EDUCATION LEVEL Rating: 5 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated)
INCOME Lower middle income (somewhat below average income for America)
OCCUPATIONS mostly Sales & Service workers, some Executive, managerial & professional, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Government employees
ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY mostly Hispanic, some Mexican, some White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry
LANGUAGES mostly Spanish speaking

School Rating Information


Penasco Educational Rating
This town is served by one school district.

PENASCO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS School District




617 Students enrolled in District

3 Schools in District

DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best)
5
Better than:
of NM school
districts
48.8%
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COMPARED TO U.S.
(10 is best)
1
Better than:
of US school
districts
8.9%
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM
15
STATE AVERAGE 15

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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

38%
41%
53%
51%
23%
32%
DISTRICT
STATE
PROFICIENT IN
READING & MATH
PROFICIENT IN
READING
PROFICIENT IN
MATH
SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT GRADES
PENASCO ELEM
13 SCHOOL ROAD, PENASCO, NM 87553
(505) 587-2395
PK-06
PENASCO HIGH
13 SCHOOL ROAD, PENASCO, NM 87553
(505) 587-2503
09-12
PENASCO JR HIGH
13 SCHOOL ROAD, PENASCO, NM 87553
(505) 587-2503
07-08
School district enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 2.1 31.1
BLACK (%) 0.0 2.5
HISPANIC (%) 92.4 54.0
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 0.2 1.3
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 5.4 11.1
ECONOMIC GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 83.3 55.7
Educational Expenditures
FOR THIS DISTRICT PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,908 $3,028,000 45.5
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $979 $604,000 9.1
STAFF $382 $236,000 3.5
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $472 $291,000 4.4
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $434 $268,000 4.0
OPERATION $1,258 $776,000 11.6
TRANSPORTATION $611 $377,000 5.7
OTHER $418 $258,000 3.9
TOTAL SUPPORT $4,554 $2,810,000 42.2
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,327 $819,000 12.3
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,789 $6,657,000 100.0
Penasco EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
ADULTS IN Penasco WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) 14.6
CHILDREN IN Penasco LIVING IN POVERTY (%) 31.0

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Penasco Appreciation Rates Click for help

PERIOD TOTAL APPRECIATION AVG. ANNUAL RATE COMPARED
TO NM*
COMPARED
TO AMERICA*
Since 1990 283.65% 14.92% 10 10
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About Penasco

Penasco is a very small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 1,453 people and just one neighborhood, Penasco is the 79th largest community in New Mexico.

Penasco is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Penasco is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Penasco who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.41%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (9.73%), and teaching (9.16%).

In Penasco, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 43.91 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Penasco does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Penasco Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Penasco who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.66% of the adults in Penasco have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Penasco in 2000 was $11,517, which is lower middle income relative to New Mexico, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $46,068 for a family of four.

Penasco is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Penasco home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Penasco, accounting for 83.34% of the town's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Penasco is Native American, followed by Asian.

The most common language spoken in Penasco is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Other Native American languages.

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