Datil, New Mexico.
Typical home $195,049 (+10.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$49 (+5%) since Oct 2023.
- 1 year
- Up $18,058 +10%
- $176,991$195,049 since Sep 2025
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.
- Datil$1,024
- New Mexico$1,658
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Datil, NM rose 10.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Datil, Catron County, New Mexico
Datil, in Catron County, had 50 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Catron County was 6.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Datil is a small rural community in Catron County, in western New Mexico. Winters here are cold, with snowfall that is noticeable but not heavy, and summers are warm. The town is fairly dry, and it gets less rain and melted snow each year than most of the country.
Work. Jobs in Catron County slipped a little last year, and unemployment is higher than it was a year earlier, so steady work can be harder to find. Many people in a community this size keep close ties with one another as they make a living.
Things to do. Cibola National Forest and Withington Wilderness are both protected areas that lie a longer drive away, and they are the main nearby places for those who enjoy open land and quiet outdoor settings. Because the choices close by are few, a trip to either one is a fuller day out.
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Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 56°. About 7 inches of snow and 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Augustine 2E weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Catron County
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture39
- Quemado SchoolsSchool district30FTE
- Reserve SchoolsSchool district25FTE
Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) 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
- LightningVery high
- WildfireVery high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Datil’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Catron County.
Datil home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Datil$195,049
- New Mexico$315,812
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Datil listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Datil13.78%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Datil22
Zip codes with a Datil address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Datil — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.