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Española, NM

10,473 Population
8.2 square miles 1,273.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Española, NM Micro Area: 42 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,745 ±$1,754 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Española, NM Micro Area: $31,887 ±$1,501
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,667 ±$6,887 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Española, NM Micro Area: $57,155 ±$4,325
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±2.7% (2,125  ±277) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 18.2% † 7,263 (±2.2% / ±867)
  • about 10 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)

30.8 minutes ±2.3 (126,675  ±13,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Española, NM Micro Area: 30.1 427,415 (±2.2 / ±39,394)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,132 ±266 Number of households
  • the Española, NM Micro Area: 15,647 ±468
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (10,426  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Española, NM Micro Area: 2.5 39,691 (±0.1 / ±55)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±1.4% (88  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 4.6% † 370 (±2% / ±157)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,823 ±258 Number of housing units
  • the Española, NM Micro Area: 19,862 ±59
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$210,800 ±$9,912 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Española, NM Micro Area: $243,700 ±$17,840
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±1.3% (639  ±137.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 4.4% † 1,738 (±1.1% / ±418.4)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.5% ±4.3% (5,435  ±396.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 87.7% 24,381 (±3.8% / ±1,067.7)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±2.4% (1,208  ±167.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 19% † 5,292 (±2% / ±553.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about half 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

14.2% ±2.6% (1,482  ±275) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 6.3% 2,505
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±0.8% (284  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 5.6% † 1,737 (±1% / ±309)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
284 Total veterans ±66 248 Male ±53 36 Female ±30

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