Texico, New Mexico

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

ALMANAC

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.5% to the 415 homes here.

1–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Down 3.0% since 2020.

918

people, the 67th-largest of New Mexico's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among New Mexico's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

97.3%

of 183 jobs located in Texico are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 101% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$973

a month. New Mexico's median is $1,067.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $511.

A $511 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Curry County.
- $964 Tract 3.06
- $1,475 Tract 3.08
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,168–$1,752

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $973 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 94% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.5% to the 415 homes here.

1–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 61% less than New Mexico's.

$95,900

median home value in Texico.
- $95,900 Texico
- $248,100 New Mexico
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Texico, New Mexico

Texico,
New Mexico.

Down 3.0% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 101% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $511.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.5% to the 415 homes here.

A median home costs 61% less than New Mexico's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Down 3.0% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 101% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $511.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.5% to the 415 homes here.

A median home costs 61% less than New Mexico's.

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