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Los Alamos, NM Urban Area

13,312 Population
8.5 square miles 1,562.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$75,951 ±$5,939 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$140,206 ±$17,056 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4% ±1.8% (526  ±241) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.2 minutes ±0.9 (74,845  ±8,737) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,994 ±227 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (13,221  ±597) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.6% ±4.5% (345  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,192 ±200 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$488,900 ±$36,917 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±3.3% (1,963  ±439.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.8% ±6% (9,552  ±691.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
69.1% ±5% (6,756  ±548.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double 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

11.3% ±1.9% (1,510  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1.4% (569  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
569 Total veterans ±153 483 Male ±144 86 Female ±56

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