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Belen CCD, Valencia County, NM

18,928 Population
708.3 square miles 26.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Valencia County: 39.4 ±0.4
  • 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

$24,379 ±$2,390 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Valencia County: $30,718 ±$1,722
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,896 ±$4,208 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Valencia County: $58,933 ±$4,230
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.9% ±4.2% (4,265  ±799) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Valencia County: 18.1% † 13,861 (±2% / ±1,532)
  • 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)

27 minutes ±3.1 (157,185  ±23,926) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Valencia County: 30.2 804,620 (±1.2 / ±46,763)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,071 ±453 Number of households
  • Valencia County: 27,583 ±458
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (18,774  ±695) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Valencia County: 2.8 76,624 (±0.1 / ±248)
  • 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

8.8% ±5.4% (359  ±223) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Valencia County: 8.4% † 1,426 (±2.3% / ±384)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,449 ±503 Number of housing units
  • Valencia County: 30,756 ±98
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$170,700 ±$21,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Valencia County: $223,000 ±$8,792
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±2.5% (1,741  ±479.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Valencia County: 7.4% † 5,766 (±1.1% / ±873.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.1% ±5.7% (10,670  ±900) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Valencia County: 86.1% 46,473 (±3.2% / ±1,728.6)
  • 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)
18.1% ±3% (2,356  ±404) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Valencia County: 20.9% 11,286 (±1.8% / ±966.7)
  • 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

10.7% ±3.2% (2,027  ±611) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Valencia County: 8.7% 6,814
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±2.4% (1,446  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Valencia County: 9.3% † 5,633 (±0.9% / ±563)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,446 Total veterans ±362 1,327 Male ±354 119 Female ±81

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