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Portales Municipal Schools, NM

17,469 Population
346.1 square miles 50.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Roosevelt County: 32 ±1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,695 ±$2,131 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Roosevelt County: $26,105 ±$2,053
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$52,334 ±$9,428 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Roosevelt County: $52,445 † ±$7,849
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

21.7% ±5.1% (3,546  ±841) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 21.6% † 3,856 (±4.6% / ±818)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

15.5 minutes ±1.9 (117,890  ±16,376) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Roosevelt County: 16.7 † 136,285 (±2 / ±18,149)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

6,637 ±299 Number of households
  • Roosevelt County: 7,211 ±273
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.5 ±0.1 (16,352  ±379) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Roosevelt County: 2.5 17,885 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

6.3% ±3.2% (278  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 6.2% † 288 (±3.1% / ±146)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

7,763 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Roosevelt County: 8,525 ±38
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$138,400 ±$23,509 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Roosevelt County: $136,000 † ±$20,577
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

23.4% ±4.8% (4,004  ±824.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 22.8% † 4,261 (±4.5% / ±842.7)
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

86% ±6.1% (8,726  ±728) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 85.9% 9,620 (±6% / ±734.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
21.3% ±3.5% (2,164  ±367.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Roosevelt County: 21.4% † 2,391 (±3.3% / ±375.1)
  • 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

6.3% ±1.9% (1,094  ±335) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Roosevelt County: 6.6% 1,245
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

7.9% ±1.9% (1,012  ±244) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Roosevelt County: 7.7% † 1,073 (±1.8% / ±247)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
1,012 Total veterans ±244 943 Male ±224 69 Female ±51

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