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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Luna County, NM

How Luna County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,409 of 1,656 scored counties
#18 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
16
2 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.7M
On medical and dental services · $939 a household
Spending per listing
$541K
70% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.3
2.4 times 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

Luna County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #1,409 of 1,656 scored counties and #18 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 16 primary care and pediatric clinics in Luna County. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 9% across the U.S. That is 17.3 per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 7.2.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Luna County comes to about $8.7M a year: $939 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $541K per clinic, 70% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Luna County classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 1,537 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Population estimates show Luna County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Luna County compares

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

Primary care and pediatrics in Luna County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureLuna CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.35.77.2
Spending per listing$541K$2.1M$1.8M
Households per official establishment1,537930593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.1%−2.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$939$1,178$1,288
Median household income$36,419$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score2952

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 6
Employees, 2023
79
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
162 chain locations
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 offices of physicians in Luna County, 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 Luna County

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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Primary care and pediatrics across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Luna County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM87162.8$4.7M+6.9%#26 of 1,656
2Valencia County, NM8462.2$5.2M+7.2%#42 of 1,656
3Otero County, NM7562.5$4.5M+3.7%#145 of 1,656
4McKinley County, NM5962.8$3.6M−6.1%#529 of 1,656
5Lea County, NM58176.9$1.8M+0.2%#595 of 1,656
6Santa Fe County, NM55425.9$2.2M+1.2%#676 of 1,656
7Los Alamos County, NM5578.5$2M0.0%#679 of 1,656
8Lincoln County, NM5455.0$2.2M−2.3%#707 of 1,656
9San Juan County, NM53112.6$4.2M−0.9%#728 of 1,656
10Bernalillo County, NM511756.1$2M−1.4%#803 of 1,656
18Luna County, NM291617.3$541K−0.2%#1,409 of 1,656

Other business types in Luna County

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

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Luna County, NM?

Luna County has 16 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Luna County, NM spend on medical and dental services?

About $8.7M a year, or $939 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $541K per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,223 households in Luna County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Luna County, NM compare with the U.S. for primary care and pediatric clinics?

Luna County has 17.3 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $541K, 70% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Luna County would have about 5, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,537 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S.

How fast is Luna County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Luna County at 25,407 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,223 households. The median household income in Luna County is $36,419 a year, 55% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. 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. Luna County scores 29 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #1,409 of 1,656 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for primary care and pediatric clinics · All 56 business types in Luna County

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