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Hobbs, NM

39,887 Population
26.4 square miles 1,510.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 32.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$33,083 ±$3,702 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: $31,554 ±$2,112
  • a little less than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$65,691 ±$6,349 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: $68,750 ±$4,810
  • a little higher than the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

20.5% ±2.8% (7,806  ±1,080) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 18.7% † 13,178 (±1.9% / ±1,333)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

24.9 minutes ±2.5 (415,145  ±45,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 25.3 732,110 (±2 / ±63,152)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

14,077 ±488 Number of households
  • the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 24,568 ±440
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.7 ±0.1 (38,165  ±148) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 2.9 70,879 (±0.1 / ±129)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

10.4% ±3.8% (943  ±350) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 9.4% † 1,601 (±2.5% / ±424)
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

15,687 ±406 Number of housing units
  • the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 28,125 ±49
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$180,700 ±$13,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: $176,000 ±$9,012
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

15.3% ±2.9% (6,003  ±1,129.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 12% † 8,609 (±1.8% / ±1,324.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

75.9% ±4.8% (18,138  ±1,222.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 75.6% 33,058 (±3.4% / ±1,477.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
16.6% ±2.3% (3,973  ±566.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 15.3% † 6,682 (±1.6% / ±687.3)
  • about half 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

17.3% ±2.1% (6,895  ±822) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 18% 13,139
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

4% ±0.8% (1,124  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 3.7% † 1,908 (±0.5% / ±263)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
1,124 Total veterans ±235 1,018 Male ±242 106 Female ±74

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