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Tesuque ranked sixth among cities in New Mexico by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Tesuque residents was an inflation-adjusted $50,708 per year. Tesuque had 477 households in 2017, with a population of 824.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was La Cueva. La Cueva's median income was $67,500 per year after adjusting for inflation – $16,792 more than Tesuque. It had 89 households in 2017 and a population of 137.

Villanueva had the lowest annual resident income among cities in New Mexico, with a median income of only $4,840 per year. That was $45,868 less than the median income in Tesuque at the time. Villanueva had 65 households in 2017 and a population of 111.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	La Cueva	67,500
2	Chamizal	65,547
3	White Rock	58,571
4	Los Alamos	57,101
5	San Antonito	50,978
6	Tesuque	50,708
7	Sandia Heights	48,245
8	Velarde	47,235
9	Lemitar	45,781
10	Eldorado at Santa Fe	42,911
11	Corrales	42,477
12	Twin Forks	42,039
13	Chupadero	41,000
14	Kirtland	40,917
15	La Huerta	40,250
16	Gallina	40,185
17	San Mateo	40,066
18	Cañada de los Alamos	39,844
19	North Hobbs	39,242
20	Cedar Crest	38,719
21	Cedar Hill	37,461
22	Tyrone	36,700
23	San Rafael	36,424
24	Truchas	36,417
25	Cedar Grove	36,061
26	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	35,741
27	Sandia Knolls	35,417
28	Rosedale	35,371
29	El Rancho	35,365
30	Chical	35,278
31	Gila	35,234
32	Alcalde	35,000
33	Cuyamungue	34,844
34	Paradise Hills	34,315
35	Lake Sumner	34,167
36	Los Luceros	33,105
37	Lake Valley	32,683
38	Mosquero	32,500
39	Tse Bonito	32,500
40	Jacona	32,321
41	Los Chaves	32,090
42	Happy Valley	32,051
43	Sedillo	31,964
44	Pinos Altos	31,650
45	La Mesilla	31,619
46	Glen Acres	31,607
47	Tijeras	31,528
48	Waterflow	31,507
49	Nadine	31,458
50	Angel Fire	31,283
51	Santa Fe	31,257
52	Cochiti Lake	31,250
53	White Signal	31,250
54	Rio Rancho	31,086
55	Newcomb	31,071
56	Carnuel	30,931
57	Eunice	30,903
58	Las Maravillas	30,870
59	Cañon	30,847
60	Artesia	30,493
61	El Rito	30,475
62	Nambe	30,284
63	Tajique	29,896
64	Santa Teresa	29,742
65	La Plata	29,643
66	Pojoaque	29,615
67	House	29,583
68	Ensenada	29,397
69	Virden	29,167
70	La Cienega	28,996
71	Arenas Valley	28,899
72	Carlsbad	28,899
73	Causey	28,750
74	Bosque Farms	28,707
75	Rock Springs	28,250
76	Mountain View	28,000
77	Dixon	27,935
78	Albuquerque	27,631
79	Pleasanton	27,467
80	Jal	27,356
81	Tohatchi	27,330
82	Los Lunas	27,289
83	Farmington	27,244
84	El Cerro	27,165
85	Edgewood	27,101
86	Hillsboro	26,629
87	Dora	26,625
88	Tatum	26,615
89	Ponderosa Pine	26,500
90	Jemez Springs	26,310
91	Aztec	26,246
92	Mesilla	26,240
93	Boles Acres	26,230
94	Las Nutrias	26,141
95	Cuyamungue Grant	26,026
96	Cedro	26,019
97	San Fidel	25,948
98	Algodones	25,929
99	Bernalillo	25,794
100	Flora Vista	25,590

* All values are inflation-adjusted