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Española, NM

10,472 Population
8.2 square miles 1,273.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Española, NM Micro Area: 42.4 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,878 ±$2,018 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Española, NM Micro Area: $30,548 ±$1,986
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$47,664 ±$4,477 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Española, NM Micro Area: $53,901 ±$5,101
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

18.6% ±2.5% (1,937  ±256) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 20.1% † 8,033 (±2.9% / ±1,162)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

30.1 minutes ±2 (127,055  ±12,527) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Española, NM Micro Area: 28.8 406,555 (±1.6 / ±34,021)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

4,095 ±250 Number of households
  • the Española, NM Micro Area: 14,980 ±478
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.5 ±0.2 (10,417  ±66) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Española, NM Micro Area: 2.7 39,710 (±0.1 / ±52)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

3.2% ±1.4% (83  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 3.7% † 303 (±1.8% / ±146)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

4,881 ±273 Number of housing units
  • the Española, NM Micro Area: 19,703 ±41
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$205,100 ±$14,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Española, NM Micro Area: $230,900 ±$13,510
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

5.7% ±1.2% (590  ±122.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,952 (±1.4% / ±546)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

81.5% ±4.7% (5,464  ±406.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 86.4% 24,065 (±3.9% / ±1,089.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
18.4% ±2.7% (1,233  ±192.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 18.8% † 5,245 (±2.2% / ±598.7)
  • 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

13.8% ±2.8% (1,444  ±297) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 6% 2,419
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

4.9% ±1.1% (390  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 6.6% † 2,060 (±0.8% / ±262)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
390 Total veterans ±85 352 Male ±78 38 Female ±28

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