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Roswell CCD, Chaves County, NM

48,671 Population
42.5 square miles 1,144.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chaves County: 36.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,647 ±$1,917 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chaves County: $28,273 ±$1,546
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$51,723 ±$2,959 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chaves County: $52,029 ±$2,646
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

22% ±3% (10,299  ±1,412) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Chaves County: 22.3% † 13,763 (±2.8% / ±1,701)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

17.6 minutes ±1.2 (329,880  ±28,875) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Chaves County: 18.6 458,925 (±0.9 / ±28,949)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

18,557 ±495 Number of households
  • Chaves County: 23,605 ±499
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.6 ±0.1 (47,300  ±950) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chaves County: 2.6 61,959 (±0.1 / ±103)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

7.6% ±2% (840  ±226) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chaves County: 6.5% † 944 (±1.5% / ±223)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

20,770 ±322 Number of housing units
  • Chaves County: 26,794 ±49
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$145,400 ±$11,856 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Chaves County: $141,900 ±$12,827
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

14.1% ±2.7% (6,774  ±1,286.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Chaves County: 13.7% † 8,734 (±2.2% / ±1,376.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

81.8% ±3.8% (26,057  ±1,330.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chaves County: 80.9% 33,987 (±3.5% / ±1,456)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
20% ±2% (6,369  ±633.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chaves County: 18.2% 7,642 (±1.6% / ±673.1)
  • 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

10.4% ±1.3% (5,065  ±642) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Chaves County: 10.8% 6,958
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

8% ±1% (2,941  ±357) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chaves County: 7.1% † 3,437 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
2,941 Total veterans ±357 2,630 Male ±329 311 Female ±184

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