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Hobbs, NM Urban Area

43,308 Population
26 square miles 1,666.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,342 ±$3,511 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,081 ±$6,544 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±3.1% (8,229  ±1,334) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±2.6 (432,910  ±52,242) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,434 ±474 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (42,562  ±939) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.5% ±2.3% (785  ±246) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,676 ±402 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$191,700 ±$13,123 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.5% ±2.8% (6,584  ±1,219.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.7% ±4.5% (19,599  ±1,308.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±2.3% (4,466  ±608.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

18.3% ±2.1% (7,938  ±934) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±0.7% (1,007  ±230) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,007 Total veterans ±230 928 Male ±221 79 Female ±61

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