Auto · Small-town market · New Mexico
Tire shops in the Ruidoso, NM area
How the Ruidoso, NM area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #271 of 431 scored small-town markets
#4 of 8 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
- $10.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,089 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,844
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 tire shops in the Ruidoso area. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Households in the Ruidoso area spend about $10.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,089 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Spread across 5 tire shops, that is $2.2M per shop, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Ruidoso area in 2023. That is one for every 3,333 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Ruidoso area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for tire shops in the Ruidoso area is 43 (lower middle), #271 of 431 scored small-town markets and #4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico.
How the Ruidoso area compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the tire shops 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 | Ruidoso area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,333 | 5,473 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.0% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,089 | $1,033 | $958 |
| Median household income | $53,303 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $929K
- 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
- 4The 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 tire dealers in the Ruidoso 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 Ruidoso area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,844−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 10,000
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,831 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $53,303+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,624
- Median home value
- $233,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,275
- Daytime population
- 19,834Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alamogordo, NM | 70 | 8 | 3.3 | $3.1M | +3.7% | #78 of 431 |
| 2Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 61 | 10 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +0.3% | #139 of 431 |
| 3Roswell, NM | 50 | 10 | 4.2 | $2.5M | −2.7% | #214 of 431 |
| 4Ruidoso, NM | 43 | 5 | 5.0 | $2.2M | −2.3% | #271 of 431 |
| 5Hobbs, NM | 38 | 20 | 8.1 | $1.4M | +0.2% | #311 of 431 |
| 6Deming, NM | 35 | 5 | 5.4 | $1.8M | −0.2% | #333 of 431 |
| 7Clovis, NM | 33 | 16 | 6.1 | $1.6M | −3.3% | #341 of 431 |
| 8Gallup, NM | 27 | 12 | 5.6 | $1.7M | −6.1% | #368 of 431 |
Other business types in the Ruidoso area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in the Ruidoso, NM area?
There are 5 tire shops on map listings in the Ruidoso area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in the Ruidoso, NM area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $10.9M a year, or $1,089 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,000 households in the Ruidoso area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ruidoso, NM area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Ruidoso area has 5.0 tire shops per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Ruidoso area would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,333 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ruidoso, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Ruidoso area at 19,844 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,000 households. Median household income in the Ruidoso area is $53,303, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.3%, 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 Ruidoso area scores 43 for tire shops (lower middle), #271 of 431 scored small-town markets.
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