City · Hidalgo County, New Mexico

Lordsburg, New Mexico

Lordsburg is a city in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It has 2,057 residents. Lordsburg, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,115 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Mexico it ranks #60 of 163 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), suicide rate (low) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on social associations (low), distance to an emergency room (high) and traffic deaths (high).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,115 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Mexico: #60 of 163 in NM
Population: 2,057 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 244.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3542180

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map

Scores by category

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

Safety56#6,807/15,637
Economy10#14,136/15,631
Housing55#6,721/14,977
Health25#11,677/15,609
Healthcare8#14,352/15,650
Environment73#4,134/15,453
Education12#13,760/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,331/15,650
Community10#14,106/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,636/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public EV charging ports · high61.1 /10k
100/100New Mexico 5.9 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHidalgo County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100New Mexico 22.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHidalgo County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100New Mexico 21.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHidalgo County value
Dentists · high126 /100k
98/100New Mexico 70 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHidalgo County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.9 µg/m³
96/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHidalgo County value
Public libraries · high2.5 /10k
94/100New Mexico 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHidalgo County value

Weaknesses

Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100New Mexico 8.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHidalgo County value
Distance to an emergency room · high31.8 mi
0/100New Mexico 9.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHidalgo County value
Traffic deaths · high64.4 /100k
1/100New Mexico 20.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataHidalgo County value
Mammography screening · low27.0%
1/100New Mexico 38.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHidalgo County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100New Mexico 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHidalgo County value
Flu vaccinations · low24.0%
2/100New Mexico 36.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHidalgo County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,408 (2015-2019) → 2,057 (2020-2024)
−15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
42.2% (2015-2019) → 57.5% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
63.9% (2015-2019) → 78.5% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
3.0% (2015-2019) → 15.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateImproving
33.6% (2015-2019) → 23.5% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
27.9% (2015-2019) → 34.5% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Lordsburg, 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

Poverty−10 points33.6% → 23.5%
Broadband+15 points63.9% → 78.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Lordsburg, New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.8 min2015-2019	17.1 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Broadband subscriptions	63.9%2015-2019	78.5%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	78%
Child poverty rate	37.6%2015-2019	37.7%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	77.7%2015-2019	82.9%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4492015-2019	0.4582020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$34,8362015-2019	$36,6072020-2024	+5.1%	Within the margin of error	11%
Poverty rate	33.6%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	93%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.9%2015-2019	34.5%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Rent-burdened households	42.2%2015-2019	57.5%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	14%

“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 Lordsburg, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lordsburg, 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, Lordsburg, New Mexico itself moved −11.2 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

2,057 residents (±205)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (−2.9 points).

† 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

2,057 residents (±205)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

White25%507
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino73%1,506
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.1%†44

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (+9.0 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,528 residents (±141)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

No high school diploma17%†261
High school or GED50%766
Some college15%†222
Associate degree9.9%†152
Bachelor's degree4.8%†74
Graduate degree3.5%†53

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

787 households (±87)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k36%†285
$25k–50k34%†266
$50k–75k9.1%†72
$75k–100k9.3%†73
$100k–150k6.9%†54
$150k–200k3.1%†24
$200k or more1.7%†13

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−8.8 points).

† 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

787 households (±87)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own67%525
Rent33%262

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

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

Rent paid

254 households (±71)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $75042%†106
$750–1,00050%†128
$1,000–1,5005.9%†15

Home values

525 homes (±77)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $150k88%462
$150k–250k8.6%†45
$250k–400k3.4%†18

Age of homes

1,124 homes (±74)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

2010 or later2.8%†31
2000–20092.2%†25
1980–199922%†244

Size of homes

1,124 homes (±74)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Studio1.4%†16
1 bedroom9.3%†105
2 bedrooms33%375

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

760 workers (±118)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone82%620
Carpool9.1%†69
Public transit0.0%0
Walk5.4%†41
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.9%†30
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† 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

730 workers (±110)

Lordsburg, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under 15 min75%549
15–29 min7.4%†54
30–44 min5.9%†43

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

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 Hidalgo County, the county holding most of Lordsburg's residents.

Hidalgo County has 91 employer establishments, 229 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 1.08× New Mexico's), with 734 paid employees at an average annual pay of $34,206. The Census Bureau also counts 213 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 91; 213 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 229; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 734
Average annual pay: $34,206; US $68,342

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

Gasoline stations	7	17.6	5.43×Too few to compare	158	$36,215	—
Traveler accommodation	7	17.6	9.75×Too few to compare	98	$13,898	—
Ambulatory health care services	6	15.1	0.72×Too few to compare	108	$31,981	7
Restaurants and other eating places	6	15.1	0.82×Too few to compare	103	$19,913	3
Construction of buildings	4	10.1	1.33×Too few to compare	5	$15,000	6
Full-service restaurants	4	10.1	1.31×Too few to compare	70	$16,786	—
Child day care services	3	7.5	3.09×Too few to compare	12	$30,583	6
Offices of physicians	3	7.5	1.16×Too few to compare	42	$52,857	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Hidalgo County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,977 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: Lordsburg is mostly in Hidalgo County.

See federal money in Hidalgo 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.

Lordsburg, 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.

Hidalgo County19100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hidalgo 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

JSON · /api/v1/places/3542180