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Chaparral, NM

16,642 Population
59.1 square miles 281.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$18,311 ±$1,876 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $28,726 ±$877
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$46,102 ±$8,616 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $55,663 ±$2,067
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

28.8% ±7.4% (4,794  ±1,299) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.2% 47,947 (±1.5% / ±3,214)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

32.8 minutes ±2.8 (198,755  ±32,519) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.4 1,897,030 (±0.9 / ±86,205)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

4,758 ±471 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83,530 ±937
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
3.5 ±0.5 (16,615  ±1,475) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 216,389 (±0 / ±134)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

5% ±3.4% (196  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 5.6% † 3,013 (±1.1% / ±590)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

5,914 ±487 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 91,402 ±79
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$101,900 ±$13,850 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $205,400 ±$5,080
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

10.8% ±4.5% (1,767  ±752.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 13.3% 29,120 (±1.2% / ±2,629.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

65.9% ±6.4% (6,494  ±829.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 82.7% 113,831 (±2.2% / ±2,971.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
10% ±3.4% (986  ±339.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.4% 43,242 (±1.4% / ±1,854.6)
  • about one-third 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

32.7% ±4.3% (5,437  ±859) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 14.9% 33,051
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

5.9% ±2% (680  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.7% 13,007 (±0.7% / ±1,144)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
680 Total veterans ±233 635 Male ±212 45 Female ±57

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