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Elephant Butte, NM

1,586 Population
4.2 square miles 379.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66.1 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sierra County: 57.3 ±0.7
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,575 ±$6,545 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sierra County: $24,882 ±$2,469
  • a little higher than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$45,179 ±$22,655 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sierra County: $37,840 † ±$7,491
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

10% ±7.9% (158  ±130) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sierra County: 24.9% † 2,810 (±5.4% / ±608)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

10.8 minutes ±7.2 (4,870  ±2,195) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sierra County: 13.8 † 44,125 (±2.6 / ±9,713)
  • about half the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

948 ±221 Number of households
  • Sierra County: 5,419 ±268
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
1.7 ±0.5 (1,586  ±345) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sierra County: 2.1 11,261 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

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

Housing

1,566 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Sierra County: 8,139 ±18
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$166,800 ±$32,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sierra County: $144,800 † ±$23,979
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

97.2% ±6.6% (1,440  ±328.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sierra County: 90.2% 8,298 (±7.1% / ±683.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
19% ±7.6% (281  ±128) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sierra County: 16.3% † 1,503 (±3.2% / ±296.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.7% ±2.8% (43  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Sierra County: 8.4% 962
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

31% ±9.5% (460  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Sierra County: 15.1% † 1,469 (±2.5% / ±240)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
460 Total veterans ±173 448 Male ±174 12 Female ±18

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