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Alamogordo, NM Urban Area

30,707 Population
13.7 square miles 2,236.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,728 ±$1,810 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$52,314 ±$2,659 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17.8% ±2.7% (5,406  ±810) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

17.7 minutes ±1.7 (222,390  ±25,743) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

13,094 ±479 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (30,332  ±317) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.1% ±3% (397  ±201) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

15,449 ±459 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$162,500 ±$9,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

16.6% ±2.7% (5,019  ±815.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.4% ±4.5% (19,570  ±1,103.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
25% ±2.6% (5,290  ±566.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

5.7% ±1.1% (1,752  ±352) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

19.4% ±2.3% (4,312  ±536) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
4,312 Total veterans ±536 3,678 Male ±494 634 Female ±203

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