Mora, New Mexico.
. Las Vegas, NM metro.
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.
- New Mexico$1,658
- United States$1,922
Living in Mora, Mora County, New Mexico
Mora, in Mora County, had 547 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $72,218 a year and half less, against $53,663 across Mora County. Unemployment in Mora County was 6.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Mora is a very small community in the mountains of northern New Mexico, the kind of place where people tend to know one another. Household incomes in the town run well above the county's. Winters are cold and very snowy, summers stay mild, and the year brings a modest amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Across Mora County, the largest workplaces are the school districts, including Mora Schools and Wagon Mound Schools. Unemployment in the county is a little higher than it was a year ago, though the county has added slightly more jobs than it had the year before.
Things to do. Morphy Lake State Park and Coyote Creek State Park are both a short drive away, and Morphy Lake itself offers a quiet spot by the water. Fort Union National Monument is a longer drive, a protected historic site that is among the better known places in the area.
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Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 44° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 76° and lows near 47°. About 108 inches of snow and 25 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Gascon weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mora County
- Mora SchoolsSchool district72FTE
- Wagon Mound SchoolsSchool district24FTE
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
- WildfireVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mora’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.
Mora 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 Mora address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mora — 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.