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Columbus, NM

1,147 Population
4.7 square miles 245.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±13.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 36.6 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$13,533 ±$4,896 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Deming, NM Micro Area: $21,871 ±$1,705
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$24,554 ±$9,198 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Deming, NM Micro Area: $37,917 † ±$5,287
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

37.6% ±15.3% (431  ±237) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 26.1% † 6,517 (±4.6% / ±1,142)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

22.8 minutes ±8.7 (5,850  ±4,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 18.5 † 149,050 (±2.5 / ±22,920)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

427 ±144 Number of households
  • the Deming, NM Micro Area: 9,082 ±330
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.7 ±0.4 (1,147  ±425) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 2.7 24,922 (±0.1 / ±73)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

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

Housing

755 ±191 Number of housing units
  • the Deming, NM Micro Area: 11,567 ±31
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$91,400 ±$39,032 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Deming, NM Micro Area: $112,500 ±$7,254
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

1.5% ±2.5% (17  ±28.8) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 10.6% † 2,673 (±2.5% / ±619)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

52.1% ±14.9% (386  ±171.5) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 75.9% 12,422 (±5.3% / ±869)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
14.7% ±11.1% (109  ±90) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 14.7% † 2,410 (±2.4% / ±385.5)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 30.2% 438,228 (±0.4% / ±5,096.3)

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

36.7% ±7.8% (421  ±180) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 16.5% 4,187
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

13.9% ±10.2% (103  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Deming, NM Micro Area: 7.5% † 1,413 (±1.3% / ±244)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
103 Total veterans ±83 103 Male ±83 N/A Female ±13

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