Ruidoso, New Mexico

Ruidoso population, 2020 to 2024

Ruidoso lost 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -15. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Ruidoso is 65% of it.

Ruidoso covers 16.13 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 474 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Ruidoso is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ruidoso is in

All of Ruidoso's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 20,025 residents in 2024. Ruidoso holds 38.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ruidoso

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Ruidoso by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 88312, 88345, 88355. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ruidoso is

The Census internal point of Ruidoso is at 33.349500, -105.668800. Santa Fe, the capital, is 161.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alamogordo, NM (31,667 people), 36.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Las Cruces, NM, 96.1 miles away.

Daylight in Ruidoso

At 33.35° N, Ruidoso gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ruidoso

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Ruidoso Downs, 4.3 miles away, with 2,627 people.