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Los Alamos, NM

13,460 Population
11.1 square miles 1,211.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$73,654 ±$4,644 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: $71,527 ±$3,489
  • more than double the amount in New Mexico: $32,667 ±$256
$130,342 ±$8,740 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: $135,801 ±$8,616
  • more than double the amount in New Mexico: $58,722 ±$581

4.5% ±1.7% (599  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 3.7% † 710 (±1.4% / ±259)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 18.3% 378,651 (±0.4% / ±8,012)

14.3 minutes ±2 (92,800  ±14,957) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 16 † 143,900 (±1.8 / ±17,697)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.1 18,861,436 (±0.3 / ±256,101)

Families

5,996 ±225 Number of households
  • the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 8,149 ±200
  • New Mexico: 812,852 ±2,360
2.2 ±0.1 (13,357  ±426) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 2.4 19,150 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.6 2,069,657

7.6% ±3.6% (221  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 7.3% † 294 (±3.3% / ±131)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 25,991 (±0.3% / ±1,408)

Housing

6,197 ±171 Number of housing units
  • the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 8,631 ±24
  • New Mexico: 943,149 ±365

$410,100 ±$30,280 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: $412,700 ±$20,065
  • nearly double the amount in New Mexico: $216,000 ±$1,314

14.8% ±2.9% (1,970  ±,392.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 13% † 2,458 (±2.4% / ±,452.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.5% 262,190 (±0.3% / ±6,917)

Social

97.1% ±5.9% (9,611  ±,653.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 97.9% 13,598 (±5.5% / ±,773.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.1% 1,249,249 (±0.6% / ±8,715.7)
70% ±5% (6,925  ±,535.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 69.7% 9,674 (±4.4% / ±,623.8)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 29.1% 416,904 (±0.4% / ±5,033)

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

11.5% ±1.9% (1,543  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 9.5% 1,834
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 194,320

7.4% ±1.8% (799  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Alamos, NM Micro Area: 8.7% † 1,311 (±1.7% / ±257)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.4% 136,662 (±0.2% / ±2,734)
799 Total veterans ±190 702 Male ±182 97 Female ±63

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