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Portales, NM

12,023 Population
8 square miles 1,498.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 31.9 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$23,988 ±$2,680 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: $28,149 ±$1,441
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$51,290 ±$5,367 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: $55,193 ±$3,952
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

21.5% ±6.2% (2,354  ±682) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 21.1% † 13,599 (±2.3% / ±1,506)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

14.9 minutes ±2.9 (77,850  ±16,011) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 16.3 468,450 (±1 / ±30,581)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

4,493 ±287 Number of households
  • the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 25,682 ±463
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.5 ±0.2 (11,026  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 2.5 64,724 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

3.3% ±2.8% (113  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 8.6% † 1,348 (±2.2% / ±344)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

5,283 ±299 Number of housing units
  • the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 29,791 ±59
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$132,900 ±$30,577 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: $154,900 ±$8,592
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

26.9% ±5.8% (3,174  ±685.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 21.6% † 14,205 (±2.4% / ±1,563.7)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

87.9% ±8.2% (5,727  ±631.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 83.2% 33,995 (±3.2% / ±1,352.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
26.4% ±5% (1,722  ±339.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 21.3% 8,708 (±1.7% / ±698.7)
  • about 90 percent 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

4.5% ±2.9% (537  ±349) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 7.8% 5,193
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

8% ±2.5% (691  ±219) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Clovis, NM Micro Area: 10.5% 4,780 (±1% / ±453)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
691 Total veterans ±219 644 Male ±216 47 Female ±39

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