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Mesilla, NM

1,850 Population
5.7 square miles 325.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.1 ±3.6 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$53,109 ±$12,557 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $28,726 ±$877
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$73,681 ±$19,628 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $55,663 ±$2,067
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

5.4% ±5.1% (99  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.2% 47,947 (±1.5% / ±3,214)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

17.6 minutes ±10.8 (10,545  ±4,111) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.4 1,897,030 (±0.9 / ±86,205)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

803 ±179 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83,530 ±937
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.3 ±0.4 (1,850  ±514) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 216,389 (±0 / ±134)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

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

Housing

896 ±176 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 91,402 ±79
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$296,200 ±$51,670 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $205,400 ±$5,080
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

11.7% ±7.6% (216  ±153.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 13.3% 29,120 (±1.2% / ±2,629.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

93.1% ±31.5% (1,250  ±278.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 82.7% 113,831 (±2.2% / ±2,971.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
46.7% ±9.9% (627  ±207.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.4% 43,242 (±1.4% / ±1,854.6)
  • about 1.5 times 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

4.2% ±2.5% (78  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 14.9% 33,051
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

13.7% ±7% (227  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.7% 13,007 (±0.7% / ±1,144)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
227 Total veterans ±131 191 Male ±105 36 Female ±39

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