New Mexico · Census place 3570670

Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Santa Rosa is a city in Guadalupe County, New Mexico with an estimated 2,824 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,824
#40 of 61 in New Mexico
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-28 people
Land area
5.0 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
565 / sq mi
State median 1,067
Orange pin: Santa Rosa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Santa Fe.

Santa Rosa population, 2020 to 2024

Santa Rosa lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +31.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,859. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Santa Rosa covers 5.00 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 565 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Santa Rosa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Santa Rosa is in

All of Santa Rosa's residents live in Guadalupe County, which had 4,385 residents in 2024. Santa Rosa holds 64.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Santa Rosa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Santa Rosa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88435. 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 Santa Rosa is

The Census internal point of Santa Rosa is at 34.936100, -104.675000. Santa Fe, the capital, is 88.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Las Vegas, NM (12,711 people), 55.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albuquerque, NM, 112.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.936100, -104.675000
DMS
34°56'9.96"N 104°40'30.00"W
UTM
13N 529679.9E 3866005.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
856QW8PF+CX

Daylight in Santa Rosa

At 34.94° N, Santa Rosa gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Santa Rosa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Las Vegas, 55.4 miles away, with 12,711 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Santa Rosa, NM?

2,824 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 28 (1.0%) from 2,852 in July 2020.

What county is Santa Rosa in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Santa Rosa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 88435.

How far is Santa Rosa from Santa Fe?

88.0 miles (141.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Santa Rosa.

What is the nearest larger city to Santa Rosa?

Las Vegas, NM, with 12,711 residents, 55.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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