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Ruidoso, NM

7,699 Population
16.1 square miles 477.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 52.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,658 ±$4,556 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $37,148 ±$2,618
  • about the same as the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,736 ±$7,967 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $53,303 ±$2,293
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±6.1% (1,581  ±469) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 19.3% † 3,864 (±3.4% / ±688)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.2 minutes ±3.1 (42,465  ±10,667) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 20 145,555 (±1.8 / ±17,484)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,941 ±332 Number of households
  • the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 10,000 ±514
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (7,690  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 2 20,056 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±4% (85  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 6.6% † 233 (±3.8% / ±133)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,294 ±322 Number of housing units
  • the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 17,871 ±27
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$243,800 ±$37,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $233,200 ±$22,920
  • about the same as the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.8% ±6.1% (1,199  ±465.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 11.7% † 2,335 (±2.8% / ±557.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±9.9% (5,737  ±661.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 94.7% 15,028 (±5.9% / ±967.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.4% ±6.7% (2,152  ±418.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 32.2% † 5,106 (±3.6% / ±577.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% ±1.8% (307  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 3.8% 776
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±2.7% (601  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 10.3% † 1,727 (±1.6% / ±262)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
601 Total veterans ±176 564 Male ±172 37 Female ±36

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