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Raton CCD, Colfax County, NM

7,128 Population
1,427.4 square miles 5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colfax County: 49.1 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,066 ±$3,615 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Colfax County: $32,110 ±$2,311
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,022 ±$4,421 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Colfax County: $53,554 ±$3,097
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.2% ±5.3% (1,533  ±369) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colfax County: 18.2% † 2,115 (±3.2% / ±376)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±4.7 (49,775  ±13,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Colfax County: 19.9 † 78,800 (±3.1 / ±14,092)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,136 ±220 Number of households
  • Colfax County: 5,368 ±242
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,924  ±271) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colfax County: 2.2 11,654 (±0.1 / ±79)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±2.4% (30  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colfax County: 2% † 43 (±1.7% / ±37)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,857 ±216 Number of housing units
  • Colfax County: 9,607 ±40
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$153,100 ±$16,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colfax County: $167,200 ±$14,811
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±4.8% (1,077  ±342.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Colfax County: 14.6% † 1,795 (±3.3% / ±401.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.2% ±7.2% (4,666  ±445.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colfax County: 90.3% 8,378 (±5.6% / ±537.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±3.9% (1,116  ±212.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colfax County: 25.4% † 2,357 (±2.9% / ±274.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.5% ±1.5% (179  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colfax County: 4.3% 525
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±2.6% (498  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Colfax County: 8.3% † 839 (±1.6% / ±165)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
498 Total veterans ±148 445 Male ±140 53 Female ±56

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