Copper mining anchors Bayard. Freeport-McMoRan's Chino operation at Santa Rita and the Tyrone mine to the southwest employ across the Mining District, and mine wages set the top of the local pay scale. Health care, public schools, and retail in and around Silver City, about 10 miles west, fill out the rest of the job base.
At Bayard's size the American Community Survey does not report a reliable industry-by-industry breakdown, so this profile describes the mix rather than charting shares that would carry very wide margins of error. The county-level industry chart on the Grant County profile shows the regional pattern.
JTIP's small-community tiers apply to Grant County hires: see the JTIP guide. Bayard's combined gross receipts tax rate is 7.625%, below Silver City's: check any address in the GRT tool.
Median home value is omitted: the ACS estimate for Bayard carries a margin of error of about $52,200, too wide to publish as a single figure.