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Gallup, NM

21,333 Population
20.2 square miles 1,056.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 34.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,154 ±$2,283 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $19,580 ±$895
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$57,466 ±$4,424 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $44,496 ±$2,765
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

28.2% ±5.3% (5,852  ±1,093) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 35.7% 25,117 (±2.4% / ±1,681)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

18.3 minutes ±2.7 (139,355  ±23,043) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 25 528,360 (±0.9 / ±27,985)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

7,050 ±327 Number of households
  • the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 21,088 ±281
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.9 ±0.1 (20,663  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 3.3 70,138 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

4.8% ±3.1% (260  ±166) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 4.1% † 702 (±1.2% / ±212)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

7,596 ±350 Number of housing units
  • the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 25,213 ±48
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$134,600 ±$13,892 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $72,100 ±$4,360
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

10.2% ±3% (2,166  ±631.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 5.5% † 3,860 (±1% / ±735.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

88.6% ±5.5% (11,805  ±849.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 80.9% 36,495 (±2.6% / ±1,155.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
22.6% ±3.2% (3,015  ±438.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 12.5% 5,623 (±1.2% / ±531.3)
  • about three-quarters of 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

5.8% ±1.3% (1,226  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 2.2% 1,569
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

6.6% ±1.5% (971  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 4.8% † 2,449 (±0.6% / ±291)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
971 Total veterans ±221 811 Male ±208 160 Female ±92

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