Chaves County, New Mexico Land Market Insights and Pricing

Chaves County is set in a largely underpopulated, agricultural area of New Mexico. At 6,076 square miles, the county is the state's ninth-largest county and comprises some 5 percent of the Enchantment State's total land area. Chaves is centered around the county seat of Roswell, famously known for a 1947 UFO sighting and the reported military cover-up of the alien flying-saucer's crash landing during a storm. A combined almost 100,000 acres were listed for sale in New Mexico's Chaves County recently; the combined value of all Chaves County farms, ranches, and rural real estate for sale was $50 million. Chaves County ranks 18th out of 33 counties in the Land of Enchantment for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. Of all farms and ranches for sale in Chaves County, Roswell featured the most land for sale. Chaves County is one of the ten largest counties in New Mexico (6,075 square miles). It's located in the Southeast New Mexico region of New Mexico.