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Truth or Consequences, NM

6,026 Population
28 square miles 215.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sierra County: 57.3 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$20,293 ±$3,126 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sierra County: $24,882 ±$2,469
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$29,142 ±$8,243 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sierra County: $37,840 † ±$7,491
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

34.8% ±8.6% (2,011  ±500) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sierra County: 24.9% † 2,810 (±5.4% / ±608)
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

10.6 minutes ±2 (19,425  ±4,469) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sierra County: 13.8 † 44,125 (±2.6 / ±9,713)
  • about half the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

2,521 ±238 Number of households
  • Sierra County: 5,419 ±268
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.3 ±0.2 (5,776  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sierra County: 2.1 11,261 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

7.3% ±7% (86  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sierra County: 4.6% † 86 (±4.5% / ±84)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

3,516 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Sierra County: 8,139 ±18
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$107,500 ±$15,859 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sierra County: $144,800 † ±$23,979
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

4.9% ±2.7% (295  ±162) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sierra County: 3.1% † 350 (±1.5% / ±172.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

87.8% ±9.4% (3,705  ±435) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sierra County: 90.2% 8,298 (±7.1% / ±683.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
19.3% ±5.4% (813  ±232.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sierra County: 16.3% † 1,503 (±3.2% / ±296.1)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.6% ±1.6% (156  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Sierra County: 8.4% 962
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

9.4% ±3% (417  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sierra County: 15.1% † 1,469 (±2.5% / ±240)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
417 Total veterans ±135 347 Male ±108 70 Female ±82

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