Kingston, New Mexico

Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $174,750; detached houses: $193,576; mobile homes: $140,766; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $15,196 March 2022 cost of living index in Kingston: 84.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2022: 100.0%
(100.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for two or more races residents)

• • 51 54.8% White alone
  • 51 54.8% Two or more races

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Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 6244 feet

40 residents are foreign born (43.0% Asia).

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Las Cruces, NM (68.6 miles , pop. 74,267).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: El Paso, TX (108.1 miles , pop. 563,662).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (256.4 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities:

Latitude: 32.92 N, Longitude: 107.71 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 505

Earthquake activity:

Kingston-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above New Mexico state average. It is 693% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/28/1992 at 11:57:34, a magnitude 7.6 (6.2 MB, 7.6 MS, 7.3 MW, Depth: 0.7 mi, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 516.1 miles away from Kingston center, causing 3 deaths (1 shaking deaths, 2 other deaths) and 400 injuries, causing $100,000,000 total damage and $40,000,000 insured losses
On 6/29/2014 at 04:59:35, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 MW, Depth: 4.0 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 88.2 miles away from Kingston center
On 5/19/1940 at 04:36:40, a magnitude 7.2 (7.2 UK) earthquake occurred 463.6 miles away from the city center, causing $33,000,000 total damage
On 10/16/1999 at 09:46:44, a magnitude 7.4 (6.3 MB, 7.4 MS, 7.2 MW, 7.3 ML) earthquake occurred 514.1 miles away from the city center
On 12/31/1934 at 18:45:56, a magnitude 7.1 (7.1 UK) earthquake occurred 468.5 miles away from the city center
On 10/15/1979 at 23:16:54, a magnitude 7.0 (5.7 MB, 6.9 MS, 7.0 ML, 6.4 MW) earthquake occurred 460.9 miles away from Kingston center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Sierra County (12) is smaller than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9
Emergencies Declared: 2

Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 7, Storms: 5, Fires: 2, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Mudslide: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Kingston:

• Western New Mexico University (about 36 miles; Silver City, NM; Full-time enrollment: 2,456)
• New Mexico State University-Main Campus (about 71 miles; Las Cruces, NM; FT enrollment: 14,497)
• New Mexico State University-Dona Ana (about 72 miles; Las Cruces, NM; FT enrollment: 5,640)
• The University of Texas at El Paso (about 106 miles; El Paso, TX; FT enrollment: 18,008)
• Vista College (about 109 miles; El Paso, TX; FT enrollment: 3,453)
• El Paso Community College (about 112 miles; El Paso, TX; FT enrollment: 19,576)
• Eastern Arizona College (about 120 miles; Thatcher, AZ; FT enrollment: 3,810)

Points of interest:

Notable locations in Kingston: Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Station 2 (A) , Percha Bank Historic Site (B) . Display/hide their locations on the map

Sierra County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential