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Thoreau, NM

1,795 Population
39.5 square miles 45.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 34.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$22,466 ±$7,470 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $19,580 ±$895
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$43,953 ±$7,370 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $44,496 ±$2,765
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

27.5% ±8.5% (494  ±176) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 35.7% 25,117 (±2.4% / ±1,681)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

33.3 minutes ±2.4 (18,660  ±5,210) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 25 528,360 (±0.9 / ±27,985)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

619 ±95 Number of households
  • the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 21,088 ±281
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.9 ±0.2 (1,795  ±314) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 3.3 70,138 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

3% ±3.6% (14  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 4.1% † 702 (±1.2% / ±212)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

739 ±91 Number of housing units
  • the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 25,213 ±48
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$52,900 ±$8,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $72,100 ±$4,360
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

5.4% ±6.2% (96  ±112.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 5.5% † 3,860 (±1% / ±735.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

81.7% ±2.7% (968  ±179.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 80.9% 36,495 (±2.6% / ±1,155.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
5.7% ±3.4% (67  ±42.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 12.5% 5,623 (±1.2% / ±531.3)
  • about one-fifth 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

2.2% ±3.2% (39  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 2.2% 1,569
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

7.6% ±3.6% (109  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 4.8% † 2,449 (±0.6% / ±291)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
109 Total veterans ±55 109 Male ±55 N/A Female ±13

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