FairacresNM
A town of 616, settled in 1926.
Is Fairacres a good place to live?
32% of residents are 65 or older in Fairacres, against 17% in New Mexico’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Among 74 New Mexico towns, just 4 have a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Fairacres. Fairacres has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
616 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Fairacres: who provides what
Fairacres is unincorporated, so Doña Ana County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fairacres.
More than half of Fairacres’ working residents commute to Las Cruces
In Fairacres, 2.4% of working residents work locally, below both New Mexico’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (8%). Employers in Fairacres added 142 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 456. Also worth knowing: for Fairacres, the typical journey to work is 17 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 5 miles.
| Fairacres | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 14% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 21% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The schools Fairacres’s kids attend
Its one school is below. Enrollment at Fairacres’s public school: 405 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairacres ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 405 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Young adults are less common in Fairacres than in New Mexico
For Fairacres, the median age is 46.3 years. Adults 18 to 34 are 1% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 32% of residents (19% statewide). A bachelor’s degree or higher: 28% of adults 25 and older, vs 31% across New Mexico.
| Fairacres | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.3 years | 37.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 38% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Fairacres’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.1 points. Across New Mexico, 50.3% of residents are women.
| Fairacres | NM | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 3.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 24% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 1.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 20.1% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 1.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 20.6% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.9% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.6% | 25.7% | 26% |
| Some college | 32.3% | 22.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.8% | 9.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14% | 17.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.3% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 600, single groups can be off by several points
Top of a high hazard risk in Fairacres: inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Fairacres, 71% come from inland flooding and 19% from drought. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2006.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Fairacres is
Fairacres: 12% of adults smoke cigarettes. Among adults here, 73% had a checkup this year and 16% have diabetes.
| Fairacres | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 69% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 19% |
| What stands out | Fairacres | NM |
|---|---|---|
| More adults getting a yearly checkup | 73.1% | 69% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 76.7% | 73.3% |
| More adults with diabetes | 15.5% | 13.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Fairacres
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Fairacres
About 0 of every 100 Fairacres residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Mexico.
Every workday, about 449 people come to Fairacres for work
Where Fairacres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Fairacres
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Fairacres is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fairacres had a population of 720. Fairacres has a post office with ZIP code 88033, which opened on June 15, 1926. U.S. Route 70 passes through the community.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,898 ft
- ZIP code
- 88033
Questions about Fairacres
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fairacres, NM a good place to live?
Fairacres has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.