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Vado, NM

3,185 Population
3 square miles 1,069.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$14,144 ±$3,794 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $28,726 ±$877
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$29,844 ±$24,414 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $55,663 ±$2,067
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

35.7% ±19.2% (1,138  ±673) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.2% 47,947 (±1.5% / ±3,214)
  • about double the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

25.3 minutes ±3.1 (32,215  ±9,943) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.4 1,897,030 (±0.9 / ±86,205)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

930 ±153 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83,530 ±937
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
3.4 ±0.7 (3,185  ±797) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 216,389 (±0 / ±134)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

972 ±155 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 91,402 ±79
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$108,300 ±$40,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $205,400 ±$5,080
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

4.4% ±4.3% (139  ±142.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 13.3% 29,120 (±1.2% / ±2,629.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

51.7% ±8.6% (864  ±247.7) High school grad or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 82.7% 113,831 (±2.2% / ±2,971.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
4.1% ±4.7% (68  ±80.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.4% 43,242 (±1.4% / ±1,854.6)
  • less than a fifth 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

32.7% ±10% (1,042  ±412) Foreign-born population
  • more than double 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

0.6% ±0.7% (11  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.7% 13,007 (±0.7% / ±1,144)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
11 Total veterans ±14 11 Male ±14 N/A Female ±13

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