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Raton, NM

6,013 Population
8 square miles 755.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colfax County: 49.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,643 ±$3,114 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colfax County: $31,126 ±$2,398
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$52,007 ±$6,319 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Colfax County: $52,690 ±$4,518
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

20.7% ±6% (1,205  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colfax County: 17% † 1,985 (±3.4% / ±403)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

16.9 minutes ±3.6 (39,115  ±9,589) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colfax County: 18.8 † 76,780 (±2.1 / ±12,132)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

2,748 ±219 Number of households
  • Colfax County: 5,413 ±324
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.1 ±0.2 (5,823  ±44) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colfax County: 2.2 11,695 (±0.2 / ±467)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

1.1% ±1.8% (14  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colfax County: 2.8% † 61 (±2.1% / ±45)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

3,331 ±198 Number of housing units
  • Colfax County: 9,578 ±234
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$148,200 ±$37,102 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colfax County: $161,000 ±$15,616
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

15.5% ±6% (931  ±362.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Colfax County: 15% † 1,842 (±4.4% / ±540.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

89.8% ±8.6% (4,037  ±433.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colfax County: 90.5% 8,366 (±5.7% / ±551.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
18.8% ±3.9% (846  ±179.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colfax County: 24% † 2,218 (±3% / ±276.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.1% ±1.8% (127  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Colfax County: 3.9% 486
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

6.8% ±2.3% (338  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colfax County: 9% † 910 (±1.6% / ±164)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
338 Total veterans ±113 290 Male ±106 48 Female ±61

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