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Jal Public Schools, NM

2,069 Population
723.8 square miles 2.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±11.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lea County: 32.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,520 ±$9,309 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lea County: $31,554 ±$2,112
  • a little higher than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$60,703 ±$27,718 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lea County: $68,750 ±$4,810
  • about the same as the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

21.8% ±12.2% (451  ±263) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lea County: 18.7% † 13,178 (±1.9% / ±1,333)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

19.1 minutes ±1.8 (15,615  ±5,123) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lea County: 25.3 732,110 (±2 / ±63,152)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

789 ±141 Number of households
  • Lea County: 24,568 ±440
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.6 ±0.6 (2,069  ±347) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lea County: 2.9 70,879 (±0.1 / ±129)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

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

Housing

978 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Lea County: 28,125 ±49
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$105,400 ±$29,040 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lea County: $176,000 ±$9,012
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

2.3% ±2.6% (48  ±55.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Lea County: 12% † 8,609 (±1.8% / ±1,324.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

71.7% ±7.5% (991  ±230.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lea County: 75.6% 33,058 (±3.4% / ±1,477.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
19% ±9.3% (262  ±139.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lea County: 15.3% † 6,682 (±1.6% / ±687.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

16.8% ±6.9% (347  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lea County: 18% 13,139
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

5.7% ±4.6% (90  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lea County: 3.7% † 1,908 (±0.5% / ±263)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
90 Total veterans ±75 90 Male ±75 N/A Female ±13

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