Rincon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

Rincon is located adjacent to Hatch, in the valley of the Rio Grande.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.

[7] Spaceport construction has generated some 800 temporary jobs on the site, but some Rincon residents have been skeptical that the spaceport will generate as many jobs in the long term as supporters claimed in the runup to public funding.

[6] As of January 2012[update], one company, Virgin Galactic, plans to employ about 150 persons at the spaceport site.