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Arenas Valley, NM

1,247 Population
4.1 square miles 306.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.2 ±14.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 49.5 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,420 ±$7,548 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $31,209 ±$2,061
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,300 ±$28,256 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $44,958 ±$4,212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.1% ±13.7% (201  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 19.5% † 5,268 (±2.9% / ±789)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±4.3 (6,285  ±3,397) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 17.9 151,265 (±1.5 / ±17,758)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

546 ±178 Number of households
  • the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 11,295 ±395
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±1 (1,247  ±381) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 2.4 27,025 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

700 ±201 Number of housing units
  • the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 14,755 ±23
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$189,900 ±$54,861 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $175,600 ±$11,370
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.4% ±2.9% (18  ±37) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 8.1% † 2,241 (±2% / ±557.3)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.8% ±7.2% (856  ±269.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 90.7% 18,654 (±5% / ±1,032.9)
  • 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)
20.3% ±11.7% (213  ±138.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 30.7% 6,309 (±2.9% / ±590.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about three-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

N/A Foreign-born population

19.4% ±11.1% (229  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 9.7% † 2,207 (±1.7% / ±378)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
229 Total veterans ±148 130 Male ±83 99 Female ±121

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