Rank: 8
Las Cruces, N.M.
Building permits (year-over-year change): +11.6%
Median home price: N/A
Home price change: N/A
Unemployment rate: 7.4%
Las Cruces, located in Mesilla Valley in southern New Mexico between the Organ Mountains and the banks of the Rio Grande, is popular with golfers and Mexican food lovers. It is the home of New Mexico State University, which has about 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The college town had a 1,841% increase this year in multifamily building permits.
