Sunland Park’s public schools outperform 24% of New Mexico districts
The public schools Sunland Park’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
Most working residents commute out of Sunland Park
Most working residents leave Sunland Park for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are El Paso (54%), Las Cruces (6%) and Anthony (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
Sunland Park has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 96°, a January night drops to 32°, and about 2 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Sunland Park reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 52% report less. Within New Mexico, it does better than 83% of towns.
Sunland Park is a city in southeastern Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States, on the borders of Texas and the Mexican state of Chihuahua, with Ciudad Juárez adjoining it on the south and El Paso, Texas, on the east. The community of Santa Teresa adjoins it on the northwest. As of the 2020 census, Sunland Park had a population of 16,702. It was estimated at 17,978 by the United States Census Bureau in 2019. Though it lies adjacent to El Paso, being in Doña Ana County makes it a part of the Las Cruces metropolitan statistical area. Las Cruces is 42 miles (68 km) to the north. The city is at the foot of Mount Cristo Rey, next to the Rio Grande, and is named for Sunland Park Racetrack & Ca…
