Arenas Valley is a community in Grant County, New Mexico, home to about 1,247 people across 4.1 square miles. Its ZIP code is 88022, and parts of 88061 are in Arenas Valley too.
Mostly Arenas Valley; also Santa Clara
Mostly Silver City; part is in Arenas Valley
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| Nearest major airport | El Paso International Airport (ELP)127 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Grant County Airport (SVC)11 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | El Paso, TX123 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Phoenix, AZ230 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Arenas Valley; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Arenas Valley had 1,291 residents in the 2020 census, down 15% since 2010.
It’s the 137th largest of 494 towns in New Mexico by population.
Grant County grew from 12,883 residents in 1900 to 28,185 in 2020.
Grant County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 90°F in summer, and winter lows average 30°F. About 16.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ft Bayard, NM weather station (4 miles away).
5,976 jobs at 533 businesses in Grant County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
2 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Arenas Valley.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
|---|---|
| Physical and occupational therapists | 1 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (1 nearby)
Grocery stores (1 nearby)
Libraries
Museums
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Silver City, Little Walnut Village, Santa Clara, Rosedale and White Signal.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.