Census-designated place · Doña Ana County, New Mexico

Butterfield Park, New Mexico

Butterfield Park is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, part of the Las Cruces, NM metro area. It has 1,119 residents. Butterfield Park, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 13 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,539 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Mexico it ranks #68 of 163 cities and towns. It ranks best on broadband subscriptions (high), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), days with unhealthy air (high) and grocery stores (low).

13Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,539 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Mexico: #68 of 163 in NM
Population: 1,119 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 2,487.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3509980

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety10#14,093/15,637
Economy6#14,660/15,631
Housing—
Health42#9,101/15,609
Healthcare38#9,686/15,650
Environment26#11,372/15,453
Education37#9,881/15,649
Infrastructure74#4,014/15,650
Community4#14,997/15,651
Leisure & amenities3#15,206/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Butterfield Park, New Mexico ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Doña Ana County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100New Mexico 86.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.259
98/100New Mexico 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.8 µg/m³
92/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDoña Ana County value
Frequent mental distress · low15.1%
88/100New Mexico 17.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · high32.1%
87/100New Mexico 31.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDoña Ana County value
Students per teacher · low11.9×
84/100New Mexico 13.1×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsDoña Ana County value

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high20.2%
1/100New Mexico 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Days with unhealthy air · high13.1%
3/100New Mexico 4.3%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDoña Ana County value
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
4/100New Mexico 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDoña Ana County value
Median household income · low$34,093
5/100New Mexico $67,838United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013High uncertainty
High ozone days · high12 days
5/100New Mexico 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDoña Ana County value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100New Mexico 16.3United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationDoña Ana County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
513 (2016-2020) → 1,119 (2020-2024)
+118%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
100.0% (2016-2020) → 44.2% (2020-2024)
−56 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.3% (2016-2020) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+38 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 33.4% (2020-2024)
+33 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
25.1% (2016-2020) → 3.9% (2020-2024)
−21 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
18.3% (2016-2020) → 24.4% (2020-2024)
+6.1 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Butterfield Park, New Mexico over five years.

Cities and towns like Butterfield Park, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Butterfield Park, New Mexico in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Butterfield Park, New Mexico five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,119 residents (±582)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,119 residents (±582)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

White20%†224
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino80%†895

Education

639 residents (±301)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

No high school diploma3.8%†24
High school or GED36%†229
Some college34%†216

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

515 households (±245)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k9.3%†48
$25k–50k56%†287
$50k–75k18%†93
$75k–100k17%†87
$100k–150k0.0%0
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

515 households (±245)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own29%†151
Rent71%†364

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

351 households (±241)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $75056%†196
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

151 homes (±161)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $150k26%†39
$150k–250k14%†21
$250k–400k60%†91

Age of homes

563 homes (±242)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

2010 or later18%†101
2000–20097.5%†42
1980–199921%†119

Size of homes

563 homes (±242)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms12%†69

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

407 workers (±286)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone70%†286
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home30%†121
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

286 workers (±254)

Butterfield Park, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under 15 min23%†67
15–29 min40%†115
30–44 min0.0%0

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Las Cruces, NM

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Doña Ana County, the county holding most of Butterfield Park's residents.

Doña Ana County has 3,798 employer establishments, 168 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.79× New Mexico's), with 55,834 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,231. The Census Bureau also counts 16,213 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,798; 16,213 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 168; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 55,834
Average annual pay: $41,231; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Doña Ana County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	424	18.8	0.90×About typical	6,502	$51,274	1,039
Specialty trade contractors	298	13.2	0.85×About typical	2,417	$45,085	1,294
Restaurants and other eating places	273	12.1	0.66×Fewer than typical	6,904	$19,980	118
Lessors of real estate	181	8	0.65×Fewer than typical	609	$34,302	1,327
Offices of physicians	147	6.5	1.00×About typical	1,834	$83,959	149
Construction of buildings	139	6.2	0.81×About typical	655	$45,864	760
Limited-service restaurants	131	5.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	3,135	$18,064	37
Offices of other health practitioners	116	5.1	0.84×About typical	1,269	$44,403	382
Full-service restaurants	105	4.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	3,136	$21,943	47
Building equipment contractors	101	4.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,191	$50,322	286
Religious organizations	96	4.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	598	$24,065	—
Building finishing contractors	88	3.9	1.02×About typical	419	$31,869	381

Rank places for an industry Open Doña Ana County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 225,966 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Butterfield Park is mostly in Doña Ana County.

See federal money in Doña Ana County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Butterfield Park, New Mexico is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Gabe VasquezD-NM-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 89%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Doña Ana County19100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Las Cruces, NM19

Other cities and towns in Doña Ana County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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