Hope, New Mexico

Hope is a village in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.

It is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Artesia on U.S. Route 82.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.22 square miles (3.17 km2), all land.

[4] The town was featured in Life magazine on May 29, 1950, with an account of the newly elected Petticoat City Government under Mayor Ethel Altman.

There were 10.7% of families and 20.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 7.9% of those over 64.

Map of New Mexico highlighting Eddy County