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BG 3, Tract 5.02, Lea, NM

2,137 Population
2.9 square miles 725.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Hobbs: 32.5 ±0.8
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lea County: 32.5 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$17,971 ±$5,463 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Hobbs: $32,862 † ±$3,727
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lea County: $31,326 ±$2,273
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$51,468 ±$19,206 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hobbs: $64,021 † ±$6,762
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lea County: $68,015 ±$5,605
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

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Families

688 ±235 Number of households
  • Hobbs: 14,211 ±453
  • Lea County: 24,670 ±504
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
3.1 ±0.5 (2,137  ±814) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hobbs: 2.7 38,624 (±0.1 / ±157)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lea County: 2.9 71,561 (±0.1 / ±134)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

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Housing

743 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Hobbs: 16,117 ±384
  • Lea County: 28,403 ±55
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$163,300 ±$19,595 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hobbs: $191,300 ±$12,391
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lea County: $184,000 ±$8,831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

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Social

74.4% ±21.3% (615  ±262.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hobbs: 74.4% 18,334 (±4.7% / ±1,254.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Lea County: 74.7% 33,011 (±3.5% / ±1,542)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
27.7% ±16% (229  ±150.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hobbs: 17.3% † 4,265 (±2.4% / ±593.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lea County: 15.5% † 6,870 (±1.6% / ±726)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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4.4% ±4.9% (57  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hobbs: 3.2% † 933 (±0.8% / ±221)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lea County: 3.4% † 1,749 (±0.6% / ±305)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
57 Total veterans ±65 57 Male ±65 N/A Female ±14

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