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Dexter CCD, Chaves County, NM

3,583 Population
196.9 square miles 18.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chaves County: 36.9 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$16,921 ±$3,612 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chaves County: $28,273 ±$1,546
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$42,992 ±$25,406 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chaves County: $52,029 ±$2,646
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

32.2% ±8% (950  ±280) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chaves County: 22.3% † 13,763 (±2.8% / ±1,701)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

20.7 minutes ±2.5 (19,640  ±5,420) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chaves County: 18.6 458,925 (±0.9 / ±28,949)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

961 ±179 Number of households
  • Chaves County: 23,605 ±499
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
3 ±0.7 (2,831  ±466) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chaves County: 2.6 61,959 (±0.1 / ±103)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

2.6% ±3.1% (14  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chaves County: 6.5% † 944 (±1.5% / ±223)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

1,048 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Chaves County: 26,794 ±49
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$97,400 ±$15,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chaves County: $141,900 ±$12,827
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

19.1% ±5.6% (681  ±217.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chaves County: 13.7% † 8,734 (±2.2% / ±1,376.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

68% ±7.7% (1,527  ±276.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chaves County: 80.9% 33,987 (±3.5% / ±1,456)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
8.8% ±3.6% (197  ±85.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Chaves County: 18.2% 7,642 (±1.6% / ±673.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 30.2% 438,228 (±0.4% / ±5,096.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

16.1% ±3.9% (576  ±160) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chaves County: 10.8% 6,958
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

3% ±1.7% (78  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chaves County: 7.1% † 3,437 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
78 Total veterans ±45 78 Male ±45 N/A Female ±13

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