What are the top 10 fastest growing cities in NM? (Las Cruces: homes, subdivision)

[funkymonkey]

Here's some data for counties that might be a bit more accurate than census data.
BBER New Mexico County Population Estimates

[domino]

Originally Posted by desert sun

thanks for posting the info everyone,Im wondering how big Sunland Park will get in the near future with all the growth El Paso is gonna see and also its a town you dont really ever hear about.

Sunland Park has ambitious plans. See the link below:

http://vision2040.nmsu.edu/documents...masterplan.pdf

[GregW]

Fin - Thanks for the list. I am putting it into a spreadsheet so I can better analyze the results. I will be looking for a place with a decreasing population because that indicates a dropping housing market and lower prices.

[desert sun]

Tucumcari has a declining population but is close to Ute Lake which I think is going through a mini boom.

[mortimer]

GregW calculates:

> I will be looking for a place with a decreasing population because that indicates a dropping housing market and lower prices.

Reasonable, on the face of it, but thinking further, that might only apply to built-up areas like Cleveland, Detroit, etc.

How much different would the price of some existing place in, say Magdalena (I think you like it there) be if the trend was up *or* down? As long as there is a lot of available land to build new stuff, I wouldn't think growth would matter.

In NM, the only places with geographic restrictions (for now) are Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

Even Las Cruces is a small enought build-up area that you could locate a short hop into town in a newly built house.

IMO, you should pick where you *want* and not worry about piddly differences.

Of course, I'm making assumptions about 'piddly' since I haven't been researching areas outside of the Albuquerque area like you.

[GregW]

I just might really like Magdalena but would probably prefer Socorro for the longer term because there are better (at least it seems that way) health care facilities. This dose not mean I have completely decided because I have not looked at the other towns. Yet.

I was generalizing that in places where the population is declining the housing cost are as well.

[finmqa1]

Originally Posted by GregW

Fin - Thanks for the list. I am putting it into a spreadsheet so I can better analyze the results. I will be looking for a place with a decreasing population because that indicates a dropping housing market and lower prices.

You're more than welcome. The census bureau's website is loaded with great information. Plus you can create reporting that is important to you based on population and demographics.

[desert sun]

Domino-thanks for the Sunland Park info

Here is some county ranks as compared to the nation from 2000 to 2007,I got this info off the Clovis News Journal census information.

Sandoval-84th fastest growing in nation
Dona Ana-348
Bernalillo -377
Santa Fe-482
Valencia-689
San Juan-716
Lincoln-765
Curry-1,670

and New Mexico as a state ranked 16th

[Solidwood]

Interesting stats from Funkeymonkey's site reference.

Percet change in population growth from '03 to '06 by county:

Bernalillo- 6.4% growth (Albuquerque/Rio Rancho)
Cibola- 7.9% growth (Grants)
Dona Anna- 8.8% growth
Santa Fe- 7.3% growth
San Juan- 4.5% growth

[mortimer]

In the Albuquerque Journal this morning - New Mexico's 10 biggest cities
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01._Albuquerque ....... 518,271
02._Las Cruces .......... 89,722
03._Rio Rancho .......... 75,978
04._Santa Fe ............ 73,199
05._Roswell ............... 45,569
06._Farmington .......... 42,425
07._Clovis ................. 33,182
08._Hobbs ................. 29,602
09._Carlsbad .............. 25,033
10._Gallup ................. 18,802
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Note that these numbers are not metro areas, just the city proper.