Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety3#898/924
Economy1#912/925
Housing28#668/925
Health8#853/925
Healthcare8#846/923
Environment80#180/917
Education1#913/925
Infrastructure20#737/925
Community2#902/925
Leisure & amenities19#754/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Deming, NM micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Job growth · high6.9%
100/100New Mexico -0.4%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
99/100New Mexico 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · low17
98/100New Mexico 502025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.1 µg/m³
94/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high33.1%
93/100New Mexico 31.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · low1,788 /100k
89/100New Mexico 2,042 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high47.4 mi
0/100New Mexico 9.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Unemployment rate · high13.0%
0/100New Mexico 4.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Median household income · low$36,419
0/100New Mexico $67,838United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Suicide rate · high43.5 /100k
0/100New Mexico 22.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Child poverty rate · high43.3%
1/100New Mexico 20.5%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Mammography screening · low25.0%
1/100New Mexico 38.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

New business applicationsImproving
5.9 /1k (2020) → 11.5 /1k (2025)
+96%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
63.0% (2015-2019) → 79.4% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesWorsening
64.4% (2010 & 2021) → 49.3% (2022 & 2024)
−15 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.3 /1k (2021) → 0.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−75%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Suicide rateWorsening
25.1 /100k (2021) → 43.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+73%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Violent crime rateWorsening
539 /100k (2016) → 844 /100k (2020)
+57%4 yearsUS 397 /100k → 389 /100k

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, NM micropolitan area improved on 9 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 11 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Pharmacies+34%1.2 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Weekly wage+34%$748 → $1,000
Broadband+16 points63.0% → 79.4%
New businesses+96%5.9 /1k → 11.5 /1k
Firearm deaths−33%39.3 /100k → 26.3 /100k

Declined7

Suicides+80%24.1 /100k → 43.5 /100k
Overdose deaths+92%16.9 /100k → 32.5 /100k
Traffic deaths+48%30.7 /100k → 45.4 /100k
Restaurants−17%9.4 /10k → 7.9 /10k
Gyms−33%1.2 /10k → 0.8 /10k

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Deming, NM micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.1 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	11%
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Average weekly wage	$7482020	$1,0002025	+34%	Improved	98%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Broadband subscriptions	63.0%2015-2019	79.4%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	36.8%2015-2019	43.4%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Distance to an airport	85 mi2020	85 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	16.9 /100k2020	32.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+92%	Declined	4%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.55%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Firearm deaths	39.3 /100k2020	26.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−33%	Improved	93%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+0.2%	Little change	52%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−33%	Declined	10%
High school diploma or higher	69.8%2015-2019	75.3%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	37%
Homicide rate	11.4 /100k2020	7.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−31%	Improved	57%
Income adjusted for local prices	$35,1792019	$47,4752024	+35%	Improved	72%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4732015-2019	0.4552020-2024	−0.018	Within the margin of error	88%
Median household income	$29,3602015-2019	$36,4192020-2024	+24%	Improved	33%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	11.5 /1k2025	+96%	Improved	94%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+34%	Improved	98%
Poverty rate	27.7%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−7.2%	Declined	16%
Rent as share of income	30.3%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent-burdened households	50.4%2015-2019	50.0%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Restaurants and bars	9.4 /10k2020	7.9 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	6%
Suicide rate	24.1 /100k2020	43.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+80%	Declined	3%
Traffic deaths	30.7 /100k2015-2019	45.4 /100k2020-2024	+48%	Declined	7%
Unemployment rate	16.1%2020	13.0%2025	−3.1 points	Improved	55%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.8%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	22%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Deming, NM micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Deming, NM micropolitan area 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, NM micropolitan area itself moved −1.6 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

25,611 residents

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

9,223 households (±334)

Deming, NM micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k30%2,729
$25k–50k31%2,878
$50k–75k17%1,568

Homes

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

Owners and renters

9,223 households (±334)

Deming, NM micropolitan area
United States share

Own71%6,537
Rent29%2,686

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+10.0 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

8,277 workers (±643)

Deming, NM micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone78%6,477
Carpool12%†1,009
Public transit0.1%†9

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 no occupation wages for Deming, NM micropolitan area.

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.

Deming, NM has 371 employer establishments, 145 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248), 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
Paid employees: 4,845
Average annual pay: $38,970; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Deming, NM 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	—

Rank places for an industry

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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $375.3K on contracts performed in Deming, NM micropolitan area: $14.77 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $375.3K
Per resident: $14.77; US $1,994
Sole-source: 24%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Public Buildings Service$190.1K51%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$73.5K20%

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $158.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Deming, NM micropolitan area: $6,249 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $158.8M; −6.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,249; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$92.2M58%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$15.3M9.6%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$14.1M8.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$10.2M6.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$9.4M5.9%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$4.8M3.1%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$3.1M2.0%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$1.8M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$5.8M3.6%
SANTA FE, NM
CITY OF DEMING$3.1M2.0%
DEMING, NM
COUNTY OF LUNA$500K0.3%
DEMING, NM
JLG NM SOUTH 2017 LLLP$465K0.3%
FARMINGTON, NM
GRACE N REIGN FARMS LLC$450K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$127.2M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$15.5M9.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$5.8M3.6%
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration$3.1M2.0%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency

Assistance by fiscal year

149.4MFY2021
178.8MFY2022
167.5MFY2023
162.9MFY2024
170.1MFY2025
158.8MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Deming, NM

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Luna CountyCentral county425,407

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

DemingPrincipal city15,221

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in New Mexico

Areas based in New Mexico, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Deming, NM micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Deming, NM

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in New Mexico

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards