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Cimarron, New Mexico.

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What it costs per month · Cimarron $1,658/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$916 (+124%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 New Mexico $1,658 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • New Mexico$1,658
  • United States$1,922

Living in Cimarron, Colfax County, New Mexico

Cimarron is a village of 792 people in Colfax County. Unemployment in Colfax County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Colfax County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 792 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Cimarron for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.2% Colfax County, August 2026; 4.1% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Cimarron for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Cimarron is a small village in Colfax County, New Mexico, home to a small number of residents. It is a quiet, close-knit place, and few people here live below the poverty line. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical across the country. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm without being hot, with July the warmest. Precipitation is modest across the year.

Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Colfax County, some of the largest workplaces are Angel Fire Resort Operations, Miner of Colfax Medical Center and Raton Schools. Household incomes in the county are modest, and unemployment in the county is a little higher than a year ago, with slightly fewer jobs than the year before.

Things to do. The National Scouting Museum is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Cimarron Canyon State Park, a protected area, and to Eagle Nest Lake State Park, another protected area with a lake. Angel Fire Resort, a ski area, is also a longer drive from the village.

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  • 380households
  • 21%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line

What people in Colfax County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Other services10%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Government6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Colfax County had 4,228 jobs in 2025, 1.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 18°; warmest in July, 84° and 53° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 18° F M A M J J 84° 53° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 18°; warmest in July, 84° and 53° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 18° F M A M J J 84° 53° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 53°. About 40 inches of snow and 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cimarron Southwest weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Colfax County

  1. Angel Fire Resort OperationsAlpine skiing facilities with accommodations290
  2. Miner of Colfax Medical CenterCritical access hospital176FTE
  3. Raton SchoolsSchool district131FTE
  4. Vermejo Park ReserveResort hotels without casinos118
  5. Cimarron SchoolsSchool district77FTE
  6. Springer SchoolsSchool district25FTE
  7. UPSCouriers and express delivery services20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 428 people in all across the county; Cimarron has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningVery high
  2. WildfireVery high
  3. Winter weatherVery high
  4. Inland floodingVery high
  5. HailRelatively high
  6. Strong windRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cimarron’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Colfax County.

Cimarron home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Cimarron address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cimarron — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.