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La Union, NM

917 Population
4.1 square miles 221.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±27.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,975 ±$9,873 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $28,726 ±$877
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
N/A Median household income

4.3% ±6.2% (39  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.2% 47,947 (±1.5% / ±3,214)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

16.3 minutes ±2.5 (6,840  ±6,382) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.4 1,897,030 (±0.9 / ±86,205)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

279 ±125 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83,530 ±937
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
3.3 ±1.1 (917  ±511) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 216,389 (±0 / ±134)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

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

Housing

288 ±125 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 91,402 ±79
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$156,300 ±$145,271 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $205,400 ±$5,080
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

78.3% ±42.5% (419  ±157.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 82.7% 113,831 (±2.2% / ±2,971.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
32.9% ±19% (176  ±122.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.4% 43,242 (±1.4% / ±1,854.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

18.8% ±11% (172  ±139) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 14.9% 33,051
  • about double the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

5% ±3.3% (38  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.7% 13,007 (±0.7% / ±1,144)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
38 Total veterans ±33 38 Male ±33 N/A Female ±13

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