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Belen, NM

7,367 Population
19.1 square miles 386.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$22,192 ±$4,046 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: $36,043 ±$440
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $32,667 ±$256
$38,838 ±$8,281 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: $63,971 ±$1,011
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $58,722 ±$581

25% ±7.4% (1,813  ±535) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 15.6% 140,829 (±0.6% / ±4,958)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.3% 378,651 (±0.4% / ±8,012)

25.7 minutes ±4.2 (61,250  ±15,007) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 24.4 9,139,465 (±0.3 / ±138,148)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.1 18,861,436 (±0.3 / ±256,101)

Families

2,684 ±296 Number of households
  • the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 367,877 ±1,339
  • New Mexico: 812,852 ±2,360
2.7 ±0.3 (7,253  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 2.5 904,032 (±0 / ±226)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.6 2,069,657

13.4% ±8.9% (232  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 5.4% 11,574 (±0.5% / ±1,070)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 25,991 (±0.3% / ±1,408)

Housing

3,179 ±346 Number of housing units
  • the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 395,967 ±159
  • New Mexico: 943,149 ±365

$112,500 ±$11,274 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: $242,600 ±$1,911
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $216,000 ±$1,314

8.6% ±3.5% (622  ±,254.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 13.1% 118,586 (±0.5% / ±4,548.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 12.5% 262,190 (±0.3% / ±6,917)

Social

79.8% ±8.7% (4,383  ±,572.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 89.9% 572,487 (±1% / ±6,053.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.1% 1,249,249 (±0.6% / ±8,715.7)
21.1% ±6.1% (1,162  ±,343.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 34.2% 217,981 (±0.6% / ±3,710.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

10% ±4% (734  ±296) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 9.1% 83,646
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 194,320

10.6% ±2.6% (661  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 8.9% 63,687 (±0.3% / ±1,875)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 8.4% 136,662 (±0.2% / ±2,734)
661 Total veterans ±166 618 Male ±172 43 Female ±43

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