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La Luz, NM

1,797 Population
10.7 square miles 168.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 36.4 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,086 ±$5,074 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $29,760 ±$1,270
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,655 ±$28,758 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $55,876 ±$2,502
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15% ±10.2% (270  ±206) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 19.3% † 12,608 (±2.3% / ±1,493)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.7 minutes ±8.4 (9,375  ±3,643) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 22.1 586,390 (±1.3 / ±41,427)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

727 ±242 Number of households
  • the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 24,480 ±637
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (1,797  ±629) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 2.7 65,348 (±0.1 / ±271)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

884 ±253 Number of housing units
  • the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 32,645 ±118
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$68,100 ±$34,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $162,700 ±$7,486
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.8% ±10.1% (194  ±193.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 12.8% † 8,688 (±1.7% / ±1,138.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99% ±43.8% (1,077  ±308.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 87.8% 40,244 (±3.3% / ±1,509.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.5% ±6.9% (179  ±96.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 22.7% 10,424 (±1.8% / ±804.2)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about half 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

2.3% ±3.3% (42  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 9.7% 6,649
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.3% ±6.5% (247  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 14.6% 7,184 (±1.1% / ±519)
  • about 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)
247 Total veterans ±131 227 Male ±121 20 Female ±22

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