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Hidalgo County, NM

4,041 Population
3,438.6 square miles 1.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,834 ±$3,034 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,882 ±$8,524 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.1% ±4.5% (918  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±3.8 (35,585  ±7,044) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,478 ±107 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (3,977  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±2.9% (33  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,232 ±43 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$111,000 ±$8,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±2.9% (344  ±117.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87% ±8.3% (2,572  ±249.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±4.3% (541  ±128.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • 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

7.7% (312  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±2.2% (190  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
190 Total veterans ±68 172 Male ±64 18 Female ±25

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