New Mexico State University has a branch campus located here in Alamogordo. They offer day time and evening classes in a variety of subjects. There is also a nursing program available through NMSU-A. Our area, even though mainly desert has many faces. You are able to find fresh grown apples and cherries in orchards, as well as producing fruit trees through out town. Pistachios and pecans are commercially grown in our area, and just 12 miles away in Tularosa, you will find a vineyard and winery.
Vegetable gardens are also popular and seem do fine here.
Like all of New Mexico we have a sales tax on all products and services. There is also a state income tax for New Mexico residents, but the local property taxes are very reasonable compared to many other states.