Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Clovis grades C− overall, 37th among New Mexico's 72 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It has 10 miles of trail and natural-hazard risk is low. On the other side, the median household income is $55K, and 22% of residents live below the poverty line. 51% of working residents work locally in Clovis, above both the New Mexico town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Clovis has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Clovis Baptist Hospital and Hotel Clovis. Clovis's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 93% of U.S. towns.
Where Clovis beats most towns.
Census counts: 3,255 in 1910, 38,567 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1943 and 2 maps from 1957 on.
12 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Clovis is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Clovis, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Clovis.
Clovis carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Mexico (mostly inland flooding), is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
At 2.9 years of the Clovis area’s $56K median household income, the typical home (about $163K) costs less against local pay than in 80% of New Mexico towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. At about $163K, home values are up 7% in five years, against a rise of 25% across New Mexico.
The typical Clovis home is worth about $163,000, up 2.3% in a year, 49% below the New Mexico typical home. 62% of households own their home in Clovis.
| Clovis | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $988 a month | $936 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Clovis school district. Two of its 17 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| W D Gattis Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 527 | – |
| Clovis HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,506 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NM on state tests and graduation
Against the 7,366 U.S. towns with household incomes like Clovis’s, it is less healthy than 63%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
Clovis beats the New Mexico average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 67% of Clovis adults had a checkup this year. Among 73 New Mexico towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Clovis.
| Clovis | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 67% | 69% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 23% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Clovis | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 7.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27.1% | 20.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of New Mexico towns, with expected losses of about $207 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Clovis’ FEMA risk score is 20 of 100. Since 1984, 25 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Clovis.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
9.7 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. Ned Houk Memorial Park, at 3,135 acres with 6.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail density in Clovis is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ned Houk Memorial Park | 6.4 mi | 3,135 |
| 2. Goodwin Lake Park | 0.9 mi | 44 |
| 3. Green Acres | 0.7 mi | 30 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Clovis has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 24° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 14,415 working residents takes 16.4 minutes, against 23.5 across New Mexico.
The top destinations are Albuquerque (6%), Portales (5%) and Amarillo (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.
| Clovis | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 4% | 8.4% | 11% |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 13% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (23% statewide). Clovis has lost 3.6% of its people since 2020, down to 37,127 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across New Mexico.
| Clovis | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31.9 years | 37.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 23% | 29% |
50.0% women, 50.0% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±0.7 points. Across New Mexico, 50.3% of residents are women. Median age: women 32.8, men 31.0.
| Clovis | NM | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.6% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.4% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.3% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.6% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 18.2% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.8% | 25.7% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.4% | 22.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 9.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.4% | 17.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.1% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Clovis's reported crime rate is below New Mexico's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 139 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Clovis | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.7 per 1,000 residents | 4.4 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 15.5 per 1,000 residents | 16.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
1 within 15 miles of the center of Clovis
About 6 of every 100 Clovis residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico.
12 places in Clovis on the National Register of Historic Places.
30 notable people were born in Clovis.
City in the United States
Clovis is a city in and the county seat of Curry County, New Mexico. The population was 38,567 at the 2020 census. Clovis is located in the New Mexico portion of the Llano Estacado, in the eastern part of the state. A largely agricultural community, close to the border with Texas, it is noted for its role in early rock music history and for nearby Cannon Air Force Base, current home to the 27th Special Operations Wing which is also known as "The Steadfast Line". A Paleo-Indian site was found near Clovis, where in 1929 a distinctive kind of stone spear-point was discovered. These points were called Clovis points, and the culture associated with them was named the Clovis culture. The Clovis p…
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Clovis grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #37 of 72 in New Mexico. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.9 years of the area's median household income ($55,690 across the Clovis, NM area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
30 notable people were born here, including Raúl Rosas Jr. and Norman Petty.
