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Santa Teresa, NM

5,973 Population
8.9 square miles 674.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±4.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,362 ±$4,834 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $28,726 ±$877
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$60,759 ±$16,467 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $55,663 ±$2,067
  • about the same as the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

28.9% ±15.3% (1,686  ±985) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.2% 47,947 (±1.5% / ±3,214)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

27.4 minutes ±4 (64,395  ±18,068) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.4 1,897,030 (±0.9 / ±86,205)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

2,151 ±447 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83,530 ±937
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.8 ±0.4 (5,973  ±1,459) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 216,389 (±0 / ±134)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

10% ±11% (112  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 5.6% † 3,013 (±1.1% / ±590)
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

2,264 ±449 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 91,402 ±79
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$216,600 ±$10,269 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $205,400 ±$5,080
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

20.1% ±7.2% (1,179  ±508.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 13.3% 29,120 (±1.2% / ±2,629.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

89.6% ±29.9% (3,340  ±661.5) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
38.1% ±6.2% (1,420  ±444.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.4% 43,242 (±1.4% / ±1,854.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

20.8% ±8.5% (1,245  ±591) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 14.9% 33,051
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

10.1% ±5.1% (463  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.7% 13,007 (±0.7% / ±1,144)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
463 Total veterans ±257 450 Male ±259 13 Female ±21

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