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Las Vegas, NM

13,000 Population
8.6 square miles 1,507.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 48 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,501 ±$2,050 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: $30,351 ±$1,641
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,125 ±$8,572 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: $50,585 ±$3,823
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32% ±4.8% (3,879  ±583) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 24% † 7,191 (±3.5% / ±1,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.8 minutes ±1.9 (78,475  ±12,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 23.7 259,455 (±2.1 / ±29,226)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,948 ±310 Number of households
  • the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 13,899 ±389
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (12,005  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 2.2 29,857 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±4.7% (259  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 4.4% † 279 (±2.3% / ±142)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,951 ±283 Number of housing units
  • the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 17,790 ±227
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,300 ±$14,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: $177,900 ±$14,502
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.1% ±4% (2,183  ±505.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 9.3% † 2,865 (±1.8% / ±555.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.5% ±7% (8,032  ±691.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 87.5% 20,358 (±4.8% / ±1,144.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.3% ±4.4% (2,537  ±405) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 27.6% † 6,421 (±2.8% / ±659.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about 80 percent of 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

1.3% ±0.7% (164  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 2.3% 707
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.9% (686  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Vegas, NM Micro Area: 7.7% † 1,972 (±1.2% / ±312)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
686 Total veterans ±201 636 Male ±201 50 Female ±45

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