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Prewitt, NM

1,027 Population
13.8 square miles 74.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±21.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 34.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$9,990 ±$3,600 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $20,856 ±$807
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$19,074 ±$5,441 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $47,668 ±$2,757
  • about one-third of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

54.4% ±31.4% (559  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 33.2% 23,187 (±2.3% / ±1,579)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

43.3 minutes ±63.7 (4,420  ±4,460) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 27 581,410 (±1.3 / ±34,202)
  • nearly double the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

341 ±117 Number of households
  • the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 21,353 ±242
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.6 (1,027  ±401) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 3.3 69,368 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

417 ±133 Number of housing units
  • the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 25,304 ±50
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $78,700 ±$5,118
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

47.1% ±5% (287  ±121.9) High school grad or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 81.9% 36,834 (±2.4% / ±1,079.4)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
0.7% ±6.2% (4  ±37.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 13.3% 5,985 (±1.1% / ±481.5)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • less than 10 percent of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±14 N/A Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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