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La Huerta, NM

1,288 Population
1.5 square miles 849.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±14.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 36.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,950 ±$11,922 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: $37,970 ±$1,794
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,861 ±$28,476 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: $78,426 ±$5,993
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.9% ±15.7% (114  ±208) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 13.8% † 8,344 (±2.3% / ±1,408)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±9.3 (12,340  ±8,688) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 21.4 545,720 (±1.7 / ±50,223)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

575 ±242 Number of households
  • the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 23,620 ±573
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (1,288  ±576) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 2.5 60,049 (±0.1 / ±61)
  • 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

604 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 26,839 ±48
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$345,100 ±$80,662 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: $212,600 ±$9,367
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.3% ±4.5% (30  ±59.2) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 15.4% † 9,200 (±2.2% / ±1,318.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±50.1% (783  ±293.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 83.4% 33,283 (±4.1% / ±1,637.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.8% ±12.4% (291  ±158.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 19.3% † 7,702 (±2% / ±798.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • a little less than 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

1.4% ±2.3% (18  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 7.7% 4,683
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.8% ±4.6% (24  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 6.6% † 2,990 (±1% / ±469)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
24 Total veterans ±41 24 Male ±41 N/A Female ±14

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