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Sunland Park, NM

17,085 Population
14.7 square miles 1,159.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$22,289 ±$2,594 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $28,726 ±$877
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$52,147 ±$11,707 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $55,663 ±$2,067
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

25.1% ±4.8% (4,261  ±814) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.2% 47,947 (±1.5% / ±3,214)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

31.5 minutes ±6.8 (222,675  ±52,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.4 1,897,030 (±0.9 / ±86,205)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

5,758 ±348 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83,530 ±937
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
3 ±0.2 (17,051  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 216,389 (±0 / ±134)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

8.3% ±5.8% (406  ±285) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 5.6% † 3,013 (±1.1% / ±590)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

6,250 ±340 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 91,402 ±79
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$194,900 ±$14,133 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $205,400 ±$5,080
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

10.9% ±3.8% (1,837  ±643.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 13.3% 29,120 (±1.2% / ±2,629.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

76.3% ±6.6% (7,698  ±790.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 82.7% 113,831 (±2.2% / ±2,971.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
22.2% ±4.3% (2,241  ±455.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.4% 43,242 (±1.4% / ±1,854.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

25.2% ±3.6% (4,310  ±617) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 14.9% 33,051
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

4% ±1.9% (484  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.7% 13,007 (±0.7% / ±1,144)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
484 Total veterans ±225 428 Male ±185 56 Female ±66

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