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Tucumcari, NM

5,197 Population
9.5 square miles 546.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Quay County: 48.1 ±1.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,081 ±$3,204 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Quay County: $27,087 ±$2,326
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$39,915 ±$11,590 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Quay County: $43,698 † ±$7,853
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

31.2% ±8.4% (1,561  ±423) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Quay County: 25.4% † 2,138 (±5.5% / ±461)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

12.5 minutes ±4.8 (27,170  ±11,021) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Quay County: 15.4 † 50,390 (±3.6 / ±12,837)
  • about half the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

2,531 ±193 Number of households
  • Quay County: 4,102 ±220
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2 ±0.2 (5,110  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Quay County: 2.1 8,529 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

4.2% ±4.3% (43  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Quay County: 2.9% † 43 (±2.9% / ±44)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

2,993 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Quay County: 5,513 ±21
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$56,400 ±$5,460 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Quay County: $82,200 † ±$14,055
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

10.1% ±4.2% (521  ±216.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Quay County: 8.1% † 693 (±2.7% / ±233)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

81.8% ±9.8% (3,051  ±388.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Quay County: 87.7% 5,602 (±7.2% / ±479.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
19.7% ±5.1% (734  ±192.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Quay County: 20.4% † 1,304 (±3.5% / ±226)
  • 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

1.3% ±1.8% (65  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Quay County: 1.2% 103
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

10.2% ±3.8% (407  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Quay County: 9.8% † 671 (±2.3% / ±156)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
407 Total veterans ±153 407 Male ±153 N/A Female ±19

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