Española, New Mexico

Española population, 2020 to 2024

Española lost 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +22. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Española is 90% of it.

Española covers 8.22 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 1,274 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Española is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Española spans

Española crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 10,475 residents as follows; Rio Arriba County holds 67.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Española

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Española by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87532. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Española is

The Census internal point of Española is at 36.004000, -106.070100. Santa Fe, the capital, is 23.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Santa Fe, NM (90,551 people), 24.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM, 61.0 miles away.

Daylight in Española

At 36.00° N, Española gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Española

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Santa Fe, 24.1 miles away, with 90,551 people.