La Hacienda, NM

La Hacienda is a census-designated place in Luna County, New Mexico, in the desert country around Deming and the Mimbres Valley. The 2020 census counted 710 people. Census place data gives the community 1.35 square miles of land at about 4,275 feet elevation. La Hacienda is one of Luna County's rural named settlements, so its map is made up of open land, local roads, and the larger county public services that run through Deming.

Deming Public Schools serves La Hacienda along with Deming, Columbus, and other rural areas of Luna County. The district is headquartered in Deming and operates 11 schools, including bilingual and dual-language programs. For regional history, the Luna County Historical Society's museum in Deming keeps documents and photographs about Indigenous communities, early settlers, and modern life in the Mimbres Valley. La Hacienda's local scoop is a small high-desert community whose identity comes through its county setting, its school connection to Deming, and the wide valley around it.