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La Mesilla, NM

2,531 Population
4.5 square miles 568.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±10.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Española, NM Micro Area: 42.4 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$39,805 ±$6,105 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Española, NM Micro Area: $30,548 ±$1,986
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$74,385 ±$6,735 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Española, NM Micro Area: $53,901 ±$5,101
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

8.9% ±2.7% (224  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 20.1% † 8,033 (±2.9% / ±1,162)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

32 minutes ±0.4 (30,055  ±6,372) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Española, NM Micro Area: 28.8 406,555 (±1.6 / ±34,021)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

918 ±108 Number of households
  • the Española, NM Micro Area: 14,980 ±478
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.8 ±0.4 (2,523  ±438) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Española, NM Micro Area: 2.7 39,710 (±0.1 / ±52)
  • 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

1,038 ±110 Number of housing units
  • the Española, NM Micro Area: 19,703 ±41
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$266,900 ±$39,016 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Española, NM Micro Area: $230,900 ±$13,510
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

4.2% ±2.3% (105  ±61.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,952 (±1.4% / ±546)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

93.1% ±17.3% (1,643  ±182.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 86.4% 24,065 (±3.9% / ±1,089.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
35.8% ±4.8% (631  ±126.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 18.8% † 5,245 (±2.2% / ±598.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

1.7% ±1.1% (42  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 6% 2,419
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

9.1% ±3.3% (175  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Española, NM Micro Area: 6.6% † 2,060 (±0.8% / ±262)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
175 Total veterans ±68 169 Male ±68 6 Female ±8

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