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Alamogordo, NM Micro Area

68,835 Population
6,612.6 square miles 10.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,419 ±$1,846 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$50,762 ±$4,214 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.8% ±4.6% (13,589  ±3,001) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.2 minutes ±1.9 (567,870  ±54,378) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

25,289 ±1,519 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.2 (65,366  ±787) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.1% ±2.9% (599  ±426) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

32,901 ±307 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$154,200 ±$16,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.9% ±5.1% (10,166  ±3,511.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

85.7% ±7.3% (39,081  ±3,440.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
21.8% ±3.3% (9,916  ±1,532.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

13% ±,104,879.2% (8,945  ±1,700) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

12.5% ±2.4% (6,257  ±1,230) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,257 Total veterans ±1,230 5,407 Male ±1,128 850 Female ±438

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