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Mora County, NM

4,149 Population
1,926.2 square miles 2.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.1 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,004 ±$6,718 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,663 ±$3,996 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.4% ±8.8% (887  ±363) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.7 minutes ±7.5 (42,790  ±13,888) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,968 ±189 Number of households
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,138  ±2) 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

2,923 ±228 Number of housing units
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,600 ±$40,824 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.3% ±2.8% (135  ±114.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±11.9% (3,069  ±437.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.3% ±8.9% (1,123  ±300.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • a little less than 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

1.3% (54  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±3.1% (302  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
302 Total veterans ±108 287 Male ±104 15 Female ±16

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