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Ruidoso, NM

7,701 Population
16.1 square miles 477.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 52.7 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,998 ±$4,990 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $36,086 ±$3,515
  • a little less than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$50,259 ±$10,476 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $51,643 ±$4,281
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

16.5% ±6.8% (1,266  ±518) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 16% † 3,205 (±3.8% / ±764)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

14.2 minutes ±2.4 (43,345  ±10,186) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 21.2 † 156,715 (±2.3 / ±23,663)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

3,702 ±317 Number of households
  • the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 9,376 ±491
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.1 ±0.2 (7,683  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 2.1 20,037 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

7% ±5.2% (106  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 5.4% † 186 (±3.6% / ±123)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

8,262 ±315 Number of housing units
  • the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 17,768 ±34
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$229,100 ±$22,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $212,200 ±$14,653
  • about the same as the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

15.7% ±5.9% (1,189  ±448.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 11.1% † 2,216 (±2.7% / ±544.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

90.9% ±10.4% (5,239  ±660.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 91.8% 14,466 (±6.1% / ±989.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
31% ±6.5% (1,783  ±385.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 28.8% † 4,535 (±3.5% / ±548.8)
  • about the same as 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

6.6% ±2.7% (506  ±207) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 6% 1,210
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

9% ±3% (557  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 9.9% † 1,657 (±1.8% / ±295)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
557 Total veterans ±184 527 Male ±181 30 Female ±42

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