Picacho Hills
54 homes for sale · $105,000 to $2,499,999 · 29 luxury
Picacho Hills sits on the west side of the Rio Grande, where the land rises out of the valley toward Picacho Peak.
Photo: listed by JPAR (ofc4312) · (817) 914-8010
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Las Alturas
25 homes for sale · $330,000 to $1,395,000 · 22 luxury
Las Alturas runs along the high ground southeast of Las Cruces, between Interstate 10 and the open desert toward the Organ Mountains. New Mexico State University is a few minutes to the north.
Photo: listed by BHGRE Steinborn & Associates · (575) 522-3698
Sonoma Ranch
108 homes for sale · $195,000 to $830,000 · 19 luxury
Sonoma Ranch is a master-planned community on the East Mesa, built around the Sonoma Ranch Golf Course and reached by Sonoma Ranch Boulevard off US 70 and Lohman Avenue.
Photo: listed by New Mexico Properties · (575) 538-1487
Soledad Canyon
19 homes for sale · $499,900 to $3,400,000 · 18 luxury
Soledad Canyon lies east of the city, in the foothills at the base of the Organ Mountains.
Photo: listed by The Real Estate Company · (575) 522-7110
Jornada-Ls Col and Metro Verde
190 homes for sale · $135,000 to $820,000 · 14 luxury
This page covers the north end of the East Mesa: the part of Las Cruces above US 70 that the MLS calls Jornada, together with Metro Verde, the master-planned community that has grown up inside it.
Photo: listed by Real Broker LLC - Modern Life · (505) 557-4976
Dona Ana North
26 homes for sale · $80,000 to $1,100,000 · 11 luxury
Doña Ana is the oldest settlement in the Mesilla Valley. The village was founded in the 1840s on El Camino Real, a few miles north of where Las Cruces was later laid out, and the county takes its name from it.
Photo: listed by BHGRE Steinborn & Associates · (575) 522-3698
Mesilla
21 homes for sale · $130,000 to $1,850,000 · 9 luxury
Mesilla is its own town, older than Las Cruces, a few minutes southwest of the city.
Photo: listed by Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices - NM Properties · (575) 541-9221
Pajaro Area
8 homes for sale · $385,000 to $860,000 · 7 luxury
The Pajaro area lies in the valley south of Las Cruces, below Mesilla Park, among the pecan orchards that line the roads toward La Mesa.
Photo: listed by New Mexico Properties · (575) 538-1487
Dona Ana South
23 homes for sale · $165,000 to $850,000 · 5 luxury
Dona Ana South is the MLS's name for the north valley: the farmland that lies between the north side of Las Cruces and the village of Doña Ana.
Photo: listed by The Palms Realty · (575) 621-5780
Mesilla Park South
13 homes for sale · $55,000 to $1,500,000 · 4 luxury
Mesilla Park is the old community between Las Cruces and [Mesilla](/neighborhoods/mesilla/), on the valley floor just west of New Mexico State University.
Photo: listed by JS & Associates Realtors · (575) 649-9963
Santa Teresa
74 homes for sale · $255,000 to $624,999 · 3 luxury
Santa Teresa is in the far south of Doña Ana County, beside the Texas line and a short drive from west El Paso. This page also takes in the neighboring city of Sunland Park.
Photo: listed by JPAR (ofc4312) · (817) 914-8010
East Northrise
15 homes for sale · $239,000 to $709,000 · 3 luxury
East Northrise is on the East Mesa, named for Northrise Drive, which runs east from the center of the city toward the mountains.
Photo: listed by Makeityourplace · (575) 644-5607
San Andres
24 homes for sale · $136,000 to $550,000 · 2 luxury
The San Andres area is on the north side of Las Cruces. It takes its name from the San Andres Mountains, the long range that runs north from the Organ Mountains.
Photo: listed by Coldwell Banker Legacy Elite · (575) 521-1000
East Mesa and Weaver Road
12 homes for sale · $225,000 to $549,999 · 2 luxury
This MLS area is on the East Mesa, east of Las Cruces, around Weaver Road. It is one of the few parts of the mesa where land comes with most homes: half of the properties offered here are on an acre or more.
Photo: listed by Select Realty Group, LLC · (575) 689-1600
Alameda
33 homes for sale · $120,000 to $525,000 · 1 luxury
The Alameda area takes in some of the oldest neighborhoods in Las Cruces, north of downtown along Alameda Boulevard.
Photo: listed by Realty One Group Concierge · (505) 318-1111
Dona Ana Mountains Area
26 homes for sale · $312,950 to $825,000 · 1 luxury
The MLS's Doña Ana Mountains area covers the northern edge of the East Mesa, below the Doña Ana Mountains on the north side of Las Cruces.
Photo: listed by EXIT Realty Horizons · (575) 532-5678
East Holman and NASA
23 homes for sale · $199,000 to $625,000 · 1 luxury
East Holman and NASA is the MLS's name for the high desert east of Las Cruces along Holman Road, between the city and the Organ Mountains.
Photo: listed by RE/MAX Classic Realty · (575) 524-8788
4 Hills
59 homes for sale · $214,900 to $486,175
4 Hills is the MLS's name for a stretch of the East Mesa on the northeast side of Las Cruces.
Photo: listed by Home Pros Real Estate Group New Mexico · (915) 585-8806
Elks Area
31 homes for sale · $247,000 to $446,900
The Elks area is on the north side of central Las Cruces, named for Elks Drive. It is an established part of town, with homes built mostly from the 1970s to the 2000s.
Photo: listed by EXIT Realty Horizons · (575) 532-5678
Peachtree
30 homes for sale · $180,000 to $480,000
The Peachtree area is on the north end of the East Mesa, named for Peachtree Hills Road, which runs through it. Much of it is new: on most days, more than half of the homes for sale here are new construction.
Photo: listed by Keller Williams Realty · (575) 527-0880
Telshor
23 homes for sale · $205,000 to $480,000
The Telshor area takes its name from Telshor Boulevard, which runs north and south along the east side of central Las Cruces.
Photo: listed by BHGRE Steinborn & Associates · (575) 522-3698
University Hills
16 homes for sale · $150,000 to $305,000
University Hills is south of central Las Cruces, close to New Mexico State University. It is one of the city's mid-century neighborhoods, with most of its homes built in the 1950s and 1960s and a few far older.
Photo: listed by Tuscan Valley Realty LLC · (575) 332-4224
Loma Heights
15 homes for sale · $205,000 to $284,000
Loma Heights is an established neighborhood on the east side of central Las Cruces. Most of its homes were built in the 1960s and 1970s, on streets laid out on the rise east of the city center.
Photo: listed by BHGRE Steinborn & Associates · (575) 522-3698
Chaparral
15 homes for sale · $139,500 to $425,000
Chaparral is a community in the far southeast of Doña Ana County, about halfway between Las Cruces and El Paso.
Photo: listed by United Country Salopek Realty · (575) 640-6551
Downtown
14 homes for sale · $107,000 to $499,000
Downtown Las Cruces is the original center of the city.
Photo: listed by EXIT Realty Horizons · (575) 532-5678
Bellamah
11 homes for sale · $167,700 to $239,000
The Bellamah area takes its name from Dale Bellamah, the builder who put up many of the homes here in the early 1950s, part of the wave of postwar building that shaped Las Cruces.
Photo: listed by Keller Williams Realty · (575) 527-0880
Based on information from the Southern New Mexico Multiple Listing Service as of November 3, 2026.
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