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Mescalero CCD, Otero County, NM

3,590 Population
718.9 square miles 5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Otero County: 36.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,754 ±$3,453 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Otero County: $29,760 ±$1,270
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,927 ±$5,446 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Otero County: $55,876 ±$2,502
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.7% ±8.1% (1,011  ±303) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Otero County: 19.3% † 12,608 (±2.3% / ±1,493)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±3.4 (27,635  ±6,222) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Otero County: 22.1 586,390 (±1.3 / ±41,427)
  • 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

890 ±121 Number of households
  • Otero County: 24,480 ±637
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
4 ±0.7 (3,515  ±370) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Otero County: 2.7 65,348 (±0.1 / ±271)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±1.3% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Otero County: 3.7% † 551 (±1.6% / ±238)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,100 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Otero County: 32,645 ±118
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$48,600 ±$7,815 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Otero County: $162,700 ±$7,486
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±2.4% (135  ±88.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Otero County: 12.8% † 8,688 (±1.7% / ±1,138.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80% ±5.6% (1,740  ±259.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Otero County: 87.8% 40,244 (±3.3% / ±1,509.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.6% ±7% (295  ±157) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Otero County: 22.7% 10,424 (±1.8% / ±804.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.5% ±1% (16  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Otero County: 9.7% 6,649
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±2.1% (101  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Otero County: 14.6% 7,184 (±1.1% / ±519)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
101 Total veterans ±56 93 Male ±55 8 Female ±13

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