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El Cerro, New Mexico.

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

Living in El Cerro, Valencia County, New Mexico

El Cerro, in Valencia County, had 2,946 people in the 2020 census. 94% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 6% are rented. Unemployment in Valencia County was 5.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Valencia County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,946 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in El Cerro for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.5% Valencia County, August 2026; 4.5% a year before
Homes 94% lived in by their owners; 6% rented
  • 926households
  • 14%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in Valencia County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Building trades10%
  • Government9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Valencia County had 17,864 jobs in 2025, 2.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 50° and 20°; warmest in July, 93° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 93° 62° A S O N D 50° 20°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 50° and 20°; warmest in July, 93° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 93° 62° A S O N D 50° 20°

Coldest in December, with highs near 50° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 62°. About 5 inches of snow and 9 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

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

Largest workplaces in Valencia County

  1. Los Lunas SchoolsSchool district990FTE
  2. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage852
  3. WalmartRefrigerated warehousing and storage801
  4. Belen SchoolsSchool district440FTE
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters340
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters330
  7. Cupertino Electric, Inc. - New Mexico OperationsElectrical contractors228
  8. Arcosa Wind Towers, BelenTanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing199

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 30 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,428 people in all across the county; El Cerro has none of its own. School districts come 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. Inland floodingVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in El Cerro’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 Valencia County.