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Mescalero, NM

814 Population
17.9 square miles 45.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±15 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 36.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$24,282 ±$6,329 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $28,186 ±$1,046
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$28,167 ±$6,706 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $52,717 ±$2,406
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

40.3% ±19% (307  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 20% † 12,903 (±2.2% / ±1,414)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

15.9 minutes ±3.5 (5,050  ±1,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 22.8 596,525 (±1.9 / ±54,786)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

322 ±87 Number of households
  • the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 24,285 ±626
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.4 ±0.9 (756  ±204) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 2.7 64,589 (±0.1 / ±287)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

3% ±3.9% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 4.6% † 686 (±1.6% / ±237)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

442 ±118 Number of housing units
  • the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 32,400 ±129
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$48,300 ±$25,586 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: $149,500 ±$8,981
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

1.8% ±1.9% (15  ±16.3) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 13.3% † 8,959 (±1.7% / ±1,148.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

70.5% ±9.8% (433  ±110.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 87.3% 39,593 (±3.5% / ±1,579.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
10.6% ±7% (65  ±45.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 21.6% 9,795 (±1.8% / ±811.7)
  • about one-third 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

3.3% ±2.3% (27  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 10.1% 6,921
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

5.6% ±4.1% (39  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Alamogordo, NM Micro Area: 14.9% 7,257 (±1.2% / ±595)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
39 Total veterans ±30 32 Male ±27 7 Female ±12

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