New Mexico · Census place 3550160
Moriarty, New Mexico
Moriarty is a city in Torrance County, New Mexico with an estimated 2,059 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 48th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,059
- #48 of 61 in New Mexico
- Change since 2020
- +6.1%
- +119 people
- Land area
- 6.9 sq mi
- Density
- 297 / sq mi
- State median 1,067
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Moriarty population, 2020 to 2024
Moriarty added 119 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.1%. In the latest year it moved by +37.
Moriarty covers 6.94 square miles of land, for 297 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Moriarty is less dense than the typical town.
What county Moriarty is in
All of Moriarty's residents live in Torrance County, which had 15,986 residents in 2024. Moriarty holds 12.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Moriarty
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moriarty by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87035. 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 Moriarty is
The Census internal point of Moriarty is at 35.003400, -106.044400. Santa Fe, the capital, is 47.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Edgewood, NM (6,170 people), 13.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albuquerque, NM, 34.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.003400, -106.044400
- DMS
- 35°00'12.24"N 106°02'39.84"W
- UTM
- 13N 404698.9E 3873918.4N
- Geohash
- 9whx4uhvd
- Plus code
- 857M2X34+96
Daylight in Moriarty
At 35.00° N, Moriarty gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Moriarty
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Edgewood, 13.3 miles away, with 6,170 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Moriarty, NM?
2,059 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 119 (6.1%) from 1,940 in July 2020.
What county is Moriarty in?
Torrance County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Moriarty?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 87035.
How far is Moriarty from Santa Fe?
47.3 miles (76.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Moriarty.
What is the nearest larger city to Moriarty?
Edgewood, NM, with 6,170 residents, 13.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.