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Socorro, NM

8,481 Population
14.5 square miles 586.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Socorro County: 40.3 ±3.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$21,933 ±$2,959 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Socorro County: $26,858 † ±$7,139
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$39,375 ±$15,661 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Socorro County: $36,570 † ±$11,077
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

32.6% ±9.9% (2,563  ±776) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Socorro County: 33.2% † 5,101 (±7.2% / ±1,111)
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

11.3 minutes ±2 (29,805  ±8,486) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Socorro County: 16.2 † 66,210 (±2 / ±14,591)
  • about half the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

2,289 ±295 Number of households
  • Socorro County: 5,269 ±288
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
3.4 ±0.4 (7,861  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Socorro County: 2.9 15,465 (±0.2 / ±30)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

5.7% ±3.5% (94  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Socorro County: 6% † 174 (±3.5% / ±105)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

3,145 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Socorro County: 7,693 ±19
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$152,900 ±$26,820 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Socorro County: $137,500 † ±$30,619
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

23.2% ±11.5% (1,967  ±970.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Socorro County: 14.5% † 2,326 (±6.3% / ±1,004)
  • about double the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

82% ±9.3% (3,881  ±556) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Socorro County: 85.3% 8,612 (±7.1% / ±819.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
25.1% ±6.4% (1,188  ±321.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Socorro County: 19% † 1,915 (±3.6% / ±372)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)

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

5.9% ±1.6% (500  ±136) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Socorro County: 4.2% 684
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

5.5% ±1.8% (361  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Socorro County: 7.1% † 865 (±2% / ±243)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
361 Total veterans ±121 337 Male ±115 24 Female ±26

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