Elephant Butte is a city in Sierra County, New Mexico, home to about 1,790 people across 4.2 square miles. Its ZIP code is 87935.
Homes sold for a median of $166 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Elephant Butte; also Truth or Consequences and Hot Springs Landing
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Elephant Butte. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | El Paso International Airport (ELP)108 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Las Cruces International Airport (LRU)66 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | El Paso, TX105 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Phoenix, AZ282 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Elephant Butte; 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.
Elephant Butte had 1,447 residents in the 2020 census, up 4% since 2000.
It’s the 106th largest of 494 towns in New Mexico by population.
Sierra County grew from 3,158 residents in 1900 to 11,576 in 2020.
Sierra County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 94°F in summer, and winter lows average 30°F. About 9.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Truth Or Consequence Ap, NM weather station (3 miles away).
2,180 jobs at 222 businesses in Sierra County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
4 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Elephant Butte.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 3 |
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| Mental health providers | 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.
Grocery stores
Libraries
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 Truth or Consequences and Hot Springs Landing.
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.