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Alamogordo, NM

30,996 Population
21.6 square miles 1,436.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 35.9 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,028 ±$1,807 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $26,319 ±$1,096
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $32,667 ±$256
$50,721 ±$2,657 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $50,833 ±$2,899
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $58,722 ±$581

18.3% ±2.7% (5,592  ±824) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 19.4% † 12,457 (±2.5% / ±1,587)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 18.3% 378,651 (±0.4% / ±8,012)

18.2 minutes ±2 (233,480  ±28,969) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 22.2 567,870 (±1.9 / ±54,378)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.1 18,861,436 (±0.3 / ±256,101)

Families

13,022 ±491 Number of households
  • the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 23,832 ±677
  • New Mexico: 812,852 ±2,360
2.3 ±0.1 (30,407  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 2.7 64,205 (±0.1 / ±137)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.6 2,069,657

6.9% ±2.9% (456  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 4.9% † 705 (±1.6% / ±225)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 25,991 (±0.3% / ±1,408)

Housing

15,153 ±417 Number of housing units
  • the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 32,244 ±64
  • New Mexico: 943,149 ±365

$148,500 ±$10,332 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $139,100 ±$9,001
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $216,000 ±$1,314

19.7% ±3% (5,992  ±,927.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 14.8% † 9,899 (±1.8% / ±1,202.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 12.5% 262,190 (±0.3% / ±6,917)

Social

91.6% ±4.5% (19,714  ±1,177.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 86.6% 38,753 (±3.5% / ±1,576.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.1% 1,249,249 (±0.6% / ±8,715.7)
24.8% ±2.7% (5,341  ±,606.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 21% 9,396 (±1.9% / ±,845.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 29.1% 416,904 (±0.4% / ±5,033)

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

5.9% ±1.2% (1,813  ±375) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 9.6% 6,504
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 194,320

19.4% ±2.3% (4,337  ±517) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 15.5% 7,558 (±1.4% / ±683)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 8.4% 136,662 (±0.2% / ±2,734)
4,337 Total veterans ±517 3,729 Male ±478 608 Female ±195

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