2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Questa, NM vs Belen, NM

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Highlights
- Household income in Belen, is 36% less than it is in Questa and is 87% below the National Average.
- Questa unemployment rate is 10.5%.
- Belen unemployment rate is 8.0%.
 Questa, NMBelen, NMUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.0%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock3.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth30.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock4.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$23,581  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$36,954$69,021
 Family Median Income$66,295  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Questa, NMBelen, NMUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock16.1%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K7.2%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock18.7%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.0%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K16.2%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock7.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K22.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock3.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K9.7%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock0.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Questa, NMBelen, NMUnited States
 Management, business, finance5.8%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock2.8%6.5%
 Community, social services0.6%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock3.5%1.2%
 Education, library0.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock7.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement5.7%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock2.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance19.8%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support10.2%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock4.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair17.3%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock11.6%13.1%
Reviews for Questa    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Questa isn't an expensive place to live ... especially if compared to neighboring Red River and  More

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Questa is a very expensive place to live. Everything (housing, food and utilities) are too expensive. I would'nt recommend to any  More

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Reviews for Belen    1 Reviews

I've lived here my entire life and I must say it's the only place I want to be my entire life as I am not exaggerating when I say that this place is heaven on Earth. The  More

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