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Alamogordo, NM Micro Area

69,711 Population
6,612.6 square miles 10.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,404 ±$4,063 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,354 ±$7,148 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.2% ±5.3% (14,176  ±3,550) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±1.3 (586,390  ±41,427) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

25,562 ±1,278 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (66,700  ±228) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3% ±2.2% (432  ±311) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,302 ±92 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$206,400 ±$19,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.6% ±4.3% (9,400  ±2,962.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.9% ±6.9% (42,055  ±3,600.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
19.1% ±3.1% (8,940  ±1,468.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.4% (6,543  ±2,414) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

15.2% ±2.8% (7,426  ±1,371) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,426 Total veterans ±1,371 5,884 Male ±1,259 1,542 Female ±725

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