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Ruidoso, NM Micro Area

20,224 Population
4,831.1 square miles 4.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,148 ±$2,618 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,303 ±$2,293 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±3.4% (3,864  ±688) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±1.8 (145,555  ±17,484) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,000 ±514 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (20,056  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±3.8% (233  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,871 ±27 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,200 ±$22,920 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±2.8% (2,335  ±557.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±5.9% (15,028  ±967.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.2% ±3.6% (5,106  ±577.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.8% (776  ±237) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±1.6% (1,727  ±262) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,727 Total veterans ±262 1,486 Male ±234 241 Female ±144

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