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Los Alamos, NM

13,471 Population
11.1 square miles 1,212.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$73,884 ±$5,102 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: $72,684 ±$3,743
  • more than double the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$136,502 ±$15,858 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: $143,188 ±$8,714
  • more than double the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

3.6% ±2.1% (486  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 2.9% † 564 (±1.6% / ±304)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

11.8 minutes ±1.4 (73,545  ±5,865) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 14.4 127,270 (±1 / ±11,299)
  • about half the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

5,947 ±244 Number of households
  • the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 8,211 ±188
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.3 ±0 (13,374  ±605) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 2.4 19,277 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

10.7% ±4.4% (314  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 9.8% † 407 (±3.9% / ±160)
  • about double the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

6,132 ±221 Number of housing units
  • the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 8,660 ±44
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$458,200 ±$34,968 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: $452,500 ±$21,619
  • about double the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

15.4% ±3.4% (2,058  ±462.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 13.7% † 2,631 (±2.7% / ±524.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

97.6% ±5.2% (9,700  ±658.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 98.3% 13,852 (±5.3% / ±749.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
68% ±4.6% (6,753  ±534) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 68.3% 9,616 (±4.1% / ±579.2)
  • more than double 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

13.3% ±2.2% (1,796  ±313) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 11.1% 2,150
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

6.4% ±1.6% (691  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 7.7% † 1,169 (±1.4% / ±206)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
691 Total veterans ±178 598 Male ±165 93 Female ±64

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