New Mexico · Census place 3570270

Santa Clara, New Mexico

Santa Clara is a village in Grant County, New Mexico with an estimated 1,613 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,613; #51 of 61 in New Mexico
Change since 2020: -1.5%; -24 people
Land area: 2.0 sq mi; + 0.02 sq mi water
Density: 811 / sq mi; State median 1,067

Orange pin: Santa Clara. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Santa Fe.

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Santa Clara population, 2020 to 2024

Santa Clara lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,635. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Santa Clara covers 1.99 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 811 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Santa Clara is less dense than the typical town.

What county Santa Clara is in

All of Santa Clara's residents live in Grant County, which had 27,541 residents in 2024. Santa Clara holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Santa Clara

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Santa Clara by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 88022, 88026, 88041. 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 Santa Clara is

The Census internal point of Santa Clara is at 32.780000, -108.149300. Santa Fe, the capital, is 236.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bayard, NM (2,070 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Las Cruces, NM, 85.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 32.780000, -108.149300
DMS: 32°46'48.00"N 108°08'57.48"W
UTM: 12N 767005.4E 3630496.2N
Geohash: 9tg47p2j6
Plus code: 854HQVJ2+27

Daylight in Santa Clara

At 32.78° N, Santa Clara gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Santa Clara

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Bayard, 1.8 miles away, with 2,070 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Santa Clara, NM?

1,613 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (1.5%) from 1,637 in July 2020.

What county is Santa Clara in?

Grant County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Santa Clara?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 88022, 88026, 88041.

How far is Santa Clara from Santa Fe?

236.9 miles (381.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Santa Clara.

What is the nearest larger city to Santa Clara?

Bayard, NM, with 2,070 residents, 1.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.