Food and drink · Small-town market · New Mexico
Coffee shops and cafes in the Alamogordo, NM area
How the Alamogordo, NM area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #186 of 529 scored small-town markets
#3 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 22
- 8 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $80.3M
- On food away from home · $3,280 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,368
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,280 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Alamogordo area spend about $80.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 22 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.7M per cafe, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
The Alamogordo area has 22 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.0, 18% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Alamogordo area in 2023. That is one for every 2,720 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Alamogordo area grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Alamogordo area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #186 of 529 scored small-town markets and #3 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico.
How the Alamogordo area compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the coffee shops and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Alamogordo area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 11.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $3M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,720 | 1,727 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.1% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,280 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $55,876 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 263
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 228 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Alamogordo area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in the Alamogordo area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,368+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,480
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,613 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $55,876+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,572
- Median home value
- $162,700
- Jobs located here
- 16,220
- Daytime population
- 63,281Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Española, NM | 68 | 7 | 4.5 | $7.4M | −1.0% | #66 of 529 |
| 2Los Alamos, NM | 63 | 12 | 14.6 | $3.8M | 0.0% | #123 of 529 |
| 3Alamogordo, NM | 58 | 22 | 9.0 | $3.7M | +3.7% | #186 of 529 |
| 4Las Vegas, NM | 43 | 12 | 8.6 | $3.5M | −3.2% | #337 of 529 |
| 5Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 38 | 36 | 15.2 | $2.5M | +0.3% | #394 of 529 |
| 6Hobbs, NM | 35 | 31 | 12.6 | $2.9M | +0.2% | #434 of 529 |
| 7Roswell, NM | 29 | 23 | 9.7 | $3.3M | −2.7% | #471 of 529 |
| 8Gallup, NM | 28 | 24 | 11.2 | $2.6M | −6.1% | #486 of 529 |
| 9Deming, NM | 26 | 8 | 8.7 | $3.1M | −0.2% | #494 of 529 |
| 10Clovis, NM | 25 | 28 | 10.8 | $3M | −3.3% | #498 of 529 |
Other business types in the Alamogordo area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes74
- Sit-down restaurants70
- Fast food and sandwich shops68
- Pizza70
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops58
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Alamogordo, NM area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 coffee shops and cafes in the Alamogordo area. 8 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Alamogordo, NM area spend on food away from home?
About $80.3M a year, or $3,280 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,480 households in the Alamogordo area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alamogordo, NM area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Alamogordo area has 9.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.7M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,720 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Alamogordo, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Alamogordo area at 70,368 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,480 households. Median household income in the Alamogordo area is $55,876, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.1%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Alamogordo area scores 58 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #186 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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