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La Luz, NM

1,683 Population
10.7 square miles 157.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 36.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,226 ±$5,858 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $28,186 ±$1,046
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$35,324 ±$17,488 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $52,717 ±$2,406
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

15.5% ±11.5% (261  ±213) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 20% † 12,903 (±2.2% / ±1,414)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

12.9 minutes ±7.9 (8,490  ±3,412) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 22.8 596,525 (±1.9 / ±54,786)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

693 ±207 Number of households
  • the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 24,285 ±626
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.4 ±0.4 (1,683  ±574) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 2.7 64,589 (±0.1 / ±287)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

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

Housing

827 ±246 Number of housing units
  • the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 32,400 ±129
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$60,800 ±$34,531 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $149,500 ±$8,981
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

3.4% ±4.5% (56  ±77) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 13.3% † 8,959 (±1.7% / ±1,148.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

99.1% ±37.8% (1,055  ±273.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 87.3% 39,593 (±3.5% / ±1,579.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
19.7% ±6.5% (210  ±90.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 21.6% 9,795 (±1.8% / ±811.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.4% ±3.5% (41  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 10.1% 6,921
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

17% ±5.4% (251  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 14.9% 7,257 (±1.2% / ±595)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
251 Total veterans ±115 235 Male ±106 16 Female ±20

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