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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · New Mexico

Grocery stores in the Deming, NM area

How the Deming, NM area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #273 of 506 scored small-town markets
#7 of 11 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$45M
On groceries · $4,879 a household
Spending per listing
$9M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.4
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,407
−0.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 grocery stores in the Deming area. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.4, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Households in the Deming area spend about $45M a year on groceries, or $4,879 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9M per store, 3% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Deming area in 2023. That is one for every 3,074 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Deming area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Deming area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #273 of 506 scored small-town markets and #7 of 11 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico.

How the Deming area compares

The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Grocery stores in Deming, NM area compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureDeming areaNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.44.56.8
Spending per listing$9M$12.7M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,0743,4042,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.2%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$4,879$5,673$6,319
Median household income$36,419$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4961

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
133
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in the Deming 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.

Population and households in the Deming area

Population, 2025 estimate
25,407−0.2% since 2020
Households
9,223
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,965 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$36,419+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$54,300
Median home value
$128,000
Jobs located here
7,479
Daytime population
23,917Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Mexico for grocery stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Deming area marked.

Top small-town markets in New Mexico

Small-town markets in New Mexico ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Carlsbad-Artesia, NM8383.4$17.5M+0.3%#19 of 506
2Los Alamos, NM7556.1$12.2M0.0%#43 of 506
3Hobbs, NM64135.3$10.9M+0.2%#112 of 506
4Española, NM6363.8$14.3M−1.0%#115 of 506
5Alamogordo, NM61156.1$8.9M+3.7%#149 of 506
6Clovis, NM54145.4$9.9M−3.3%#229 of 506
7Deming, NM4955.4$9M−0.2%#273 of 506
8Roswell, NM48114.6$11.5M−2.7%#279 of 506
9Ruidoso, NM4277.0$7.7M−2.3%#334 of 506
10Taos, NM39106.4$8.6M+0.3%#360 of 506

Other business types in the Deming area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in the Deming, NM area?

There are 5 grocery stores on map listings in the Deming area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Deming, NM area spend on groceries?

About $45M a year, or $4,879 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,223 households in the Deming area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Deming, NM area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

The Deming area has 5.4 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,074 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is the Deming, NM area growing?

Population estimates put the Deming area at 25,407 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,223 households. Median household income in the Deming area is $36,419, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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 Deming area scores 49 for grocery stores (lower middle), #273 of 506 scored small-town markets.

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