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Catron County, NM

3,743 Population
6,924.2 square miles 0.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,016 ±$5,118 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,864 ±$16,681 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.8% ±8.4% (926  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±8.8 (20,685  ±10,059) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,789 ±190 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (3,531  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

3,409 ±209 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,000 ±$63,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±4.5% (247  ±169.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98% ±13% (3,193  ±460.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.2% ±7.9% (1,016  ±264.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about 90 percent of 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

5.1% (191  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

17.9% ±5.6% (629  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
629 Total veterans ±196 593 Male ±186 36 Female ±37

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