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Socorro, NM

8,540 Population
14.5 square miles 590.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Socorro County: 39.7 ±1.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,305 ±$2,852 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Socorro County: $25,898 † ±$4,117
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$51,343 ±$8,296 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Socorro County: $47,556 † ±$7,148
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

24.9% ±6.7% (1,978  ±532) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Socorro County: 29% † 4,502 (±5.9% / ±914)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

11.1 minutes ±1.7 (35,320  ±7,215) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Socorro County: 14.8 68,635 (±1.1 / ±9,182)
  • about half the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

2,684 ±267 Number of households
  • Socorro County: 5,222 ±298
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
3 ±0.3 (7,933  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Socorro County: 3 15,595 (±0.2 / ±31)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

3.6% ±2.5% (69  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Socorro County: 2.9% † 101 (±2.1% / ±72)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

3,679 ±287 Number of housing units
  • Socorro County: 7,642 ±20
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$162,400 ±$19,240 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Socorro County: $143,200 † ±$21,652
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

16.8% ±6.3% (1,436  ±537.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Socorro County: 11.2% † 1,825 (±3.8% / ±621.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

85.6% ±8.5% (4,562  ±568.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Socorro County: 84.7% 8,966 (±6.4% / ±728.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
28% ±6.4% (1,491  ±358.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Socorro County: 21% † 2,223 (±3.8% / ±407.7)
  • about 90 percent 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

7.8% ±2.4% (669  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Socorro County: 5.8% 939
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

5.6% ±2% (398  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Socorro County: 8.8% † 1,115 (±1.7% / ±219)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
398 Total veterans ±142 386 Male ±143 12 Female ±16

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