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Albuquerque, NM

561,006 Population
187.3 square miles 2,995.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.3

Economics

$38,150 ±$1,087 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: $37,890 ±$1,068
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $33,916 ±$627
$64,757 ±$2,877 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: $66,392 ±$2,175
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $59,726 ±$1,306

14.2% ±1.4% (78,694  ±7,795) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 14.1% 128,423 (±1.1% / ±10,320)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 17.6% 364,725 (±0.7% / ±14,925)

22.7 minutes ±0.9 (5,478,350  ±291,369) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 25.4 9,625,205 (±0.8 / ±365,241)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 23.7 19,571,596 (±0.5 / ±484,914)

Families

243,680 ±3,020 Number of households
  • the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 379,471 ±2,816
  • New Mexico: 848,218 ±4,975
2.3 ±0 (552,861  ±486) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 2.4 911,092 (±0 / ±3,065)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.4 2,070,420

5% ±1.3% (6,863  ±1,793) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 5.4% † 11,678 (±1.1% / ±2,441)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 5.2% † 24,681 (±0.8% / ±3,582)

Housing

258,335 ±2,200 Number of housing units
  • the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 402,494 ±1,076
  • New Mexico: 956,743 ±137

$288,700 ±$8,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: $281,600 ±$5,716
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $243,100 ±$3,047

13.3% ±1.3% (73,812  ±7,338.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 12.3% 112,522 (±1% / ±9,337.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 11.8% 246,091 (±0.7% / ±13,891.4)

Social

91% ±2.7% (356,869  ±10,896) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 90.2% 585,647 (±2% / ±13,095.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,278,828 (±1.3% / ±19,126)
40.1% ±1.7% (157,248  ±6,869.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 36% 233,508 (±1.2% / ±7,885.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 30.5% 442,597 (±0.7% / ±10,623)

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

9.7% ±1% (54,400  ±5,349) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 9.2% 85,195 (±0.7% / ±6,497)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 9.3% 196,873

8.2% ±0.7% (36,406  ±2,896) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 9% 65,769 (±0.5% / ±3,592)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 8.3% 136,204 (±0.3% / ±5,671)
36,406 Total veterans ±2,896 32,045 Male ±2,751 4,361 Female ±1,112

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