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Crouch Mesa, New Mexico.

A community in San Juan County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see San Juan County’s.

Living in Crouch Mesa, San Juan County, New Mexico

Crouch Mesa, in San Juan County, had 5,257 people in the 2020 census. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in San Juan County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 5,257 in the 2020 census; median age 30.2
Household income Too few homes in Crouch Mesa for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.3% San Juan County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 77% lived in by their owners; 23% rented
  • 1,239households
  • 15%of adults have a degree
  • 22%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment15%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Government8%
  • Building trades7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. San Juan County had 47,793 jobs in 2025, 2.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 46° and 17°; warmest in July, 94° and 58° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 46° 17° F M A M J J 94° 58° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 46° and 17°; warmest in July, 94° and 58° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 46° 17° F M A M J J 94° 58° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 58°. About 11 inches of snow and 10 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Aztec Ruins Nm weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in San Juan County

  1. Northern Navajo Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,630FTE
  2. San Juan Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,600FTE
  3. Farmington SchoolsSchool district1,174FTE
  4. San Juan CollegeTwo-year college1,006
  5. Indian Health ServiceFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services831
  6. Central SchoolsSchool district815FTE
  7. San Juan CountyLegislative bodies737
  8. Hilcorp L48 WGas, natural, extraction664

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 67 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,513 people in all across the county; Crouch Mesa has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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. LightningRelatively high
  2. Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of Crouch MesaRelatively moderate
  3. Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of Crouch MesaRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of Crouch MesaRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Crouch Mesa’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 San Juan County.