City · Luna County, New Mexico

Deming, New Mexico

Deming is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, part of the Deming, NM metro area. It has 15,221 residents. Deming, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,983 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Mexico it ranks #133 of 163 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), median Air Quality Index (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), suicide rate (high) and food environment index (low).

4Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,983 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Mexico: #133 of 163 in NM
Population: 15,221 (2020-2024)
Land area: 17 mi²
Density: 910.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 3520270

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety2#15,365/15,637
Economy9#14,247/15,631
Housing47#7,915/14,977
Health6#14,655/15,609
Healthcare3#15,122/15,650
Environment71#4,499/15,453
Education6#14,717/15,649
Infrastructure23#11,999/15,650
Community3#15,218/15,651
Leisure & amenities17#12,932/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Deming, New Mexico ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Luna 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

Job growth · high6.9%
99/100New Mexico -0.4%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataLuna County value
Median Air Quality Index · low17
98/100New Mexico 502025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLuna County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
98/100New Mexico 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauLuna County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.1 µg/m³
96/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLuna County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,788 /100k
91/100New Mexico 2,042 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLuna County value
Average commute time · low17.4 min
91/100New Mexico 23.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high47.4 mi
0/100New Mexico 9.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLuna County value
Suicide rate · high43.5 /100k
1/100New Mexico 22.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLuna County value
Food environment index · low4.3
1/100New Mexico 4.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLuna County value
Mammography screening · low25.0%
1/100New Mexico 38.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLuna County value
Flu vaccinations · low21.0%
1/100New Mexico 36.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLuna County value
Child poverty rate · high44.8%
2/100New Mexico 20.5%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

PopulationRising
14,139 (2015-2019) → 15,221 (2020-2024)
+7.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
60.6% (2015-2019) → 81.8% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.5 /1k (2021) → 0.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−76%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Unemployment rateImproving
12.1% (2015-2019) → 2.7% (2020-2024)
−9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
37.2% (2015-2019) → 44.8% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
69.3% (2015-2019) → 76.1% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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.

Over about five years, Deming, New Mexico improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+21 points60.6% → 81.8%
Household income+26%$27,079 → $34,165

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Deming, New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.1 min2015-2019	17.4 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Broadband subscriptions	60.6%2015-2019	81.8%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	92%
Child poverty rate	37.2%2015-2019	44.8%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	16%
High school diploma or higher	69.3%2015-2019	76.1%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4912015-2019	0.4602020-2024	−0.030	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$27,0792015-2019	$34,1652020-2024	+26%	Improved	47%
Poverty rate	29.2%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent as share of income	31.0%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	51.6%2015-2019	49.4%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.8%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

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

The places whose measures looked most like those of Deming, 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.

For comparison, Deming, New Mexico itself moved +5.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

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

15,221 residents (±22)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

5,601 households (±336)

Deming, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k33%1,821
$25k–50k31%1,763
$50k–75k15%856

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,601 households (±336)

Deming, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own66%3,687
Rent34%1,914

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+14.4 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

4,969 workers (±521)

Deming, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone76%3,756
Carpool17%†826
Public transit0.1%†

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 Deming, 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 Luna County, the county holding most of Deming's residents.

Luna County has 371 employer establishments, 145 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248; 0.69× New Mexico's), with 4,845 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,970. The Census Bureau also counts 1,227 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 371; 1,227 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 145; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 4,845
Average annual pay: $38,970; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	35	13.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	537	$17,153	13
Ambulatory health care services	27	10.6	0.51×Fewer than typical	474	$47,019	37
Specialty trade contractors	22	8.6	0.56×Fewer than typical	144	$44,882	98
Limited-service restaurants	18	7	0.88×About typical	331	$16,882	—
Construction of buildings	15	5.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	82	$68,159	62
Full-service restaurants	15	5.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	198	$17,480	10
Lessors of real estate	15	5.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	35	$25,143	60
Traveler accommodation	13	5.1	2.82×More than typical	170	$19,371	4
Building equipment contractors	12	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	52	$37,692	28
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	4.3	0.86×About typical	36	$36,222	30
Child day care services	11	4.3	1.77×More than typical	68	$30,956	29
Gasoline stations	11	4.3	1.33×More than typical	184	$29,908	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,537 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: Deming is mostly in Luna County.

See federal money in Luna 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.

Deming, 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.

Luna County4100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Deming, NM3

Other cities and towns in Luna 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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