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Columbus, NM

1,196 Population
4.7 square miles 256.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±14.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 36.3 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,705 ±$6,417 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Deming, NM Micro Area: $22,287 ±$1,874
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$26,090 ±$3,600 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Deming, NM Micro Area: $36,419 † ±$4,439
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.7% ±11.6% (272  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 28.6% † 7,185 (±3.6% / ±915)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.6 minutes ±6.8 (14,315  ±7,990) Mean travel time to work
  • about double the figure in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 19.2 † 148,635 (±2.4 / ±22,605)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

432 ±148 Number of households
  • the Deming, NM Micro Area: 9,223 ±334
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.5 (1,196  ±467) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 2.7 25,112 (±0.1 / ±68)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

768 ±175 Number of housing units
  • the Deming, NM Micro Area: 11,621 ±40
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,600 ±$18,587 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Deming, NM Micro Area: $128,000 † ±$15,180
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.7% ±2.6% (20  ±31.9) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 11% † 2,800 (±2.4% / ±614.6)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

46.5% ±15.7% (389  ±184.8) High school grad or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 75.3% 12,439 (±5.4% / ±907.8)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.2% ±8.5% (69  ±74.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 14.6% † 2,409 (±2.5% / ±416.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about one-quarter 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

37.8% ±6.7% (452  ±194) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 16.2% 4,139
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±5.9% (54  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 7.1% † 1,345 (±1.1% / ±201)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
54 Total veterans ±54 54 Male ±54 N/A Female ±14

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