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87901

6,378 Population
1,080.4 square miles 5.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sierra County: 57.6 ±1.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$22,652 ±$3,194 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sierra County: $26,453 ±$2,328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$34,242 ±$9,043 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sierra County: $41,600 † ±$5,700
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

30.8% ±8.4% (1,898  ±522) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sierra County: 21.4% † 2,412 (±5.2% / ±585)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

11.5 minutes ±2.3 (21,340  ±5,539) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sierra County: 14.8 † 47,265 (±2.3 / ±8,975)
  • about half the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

2,868 ±212 Number of households
  • Sierra County: 5,440 ±340
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.1 ±0.2 (6,147  ±189) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sierra County: 2.1 11,269 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

4.2% ±5.6% (57  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sierra County: 2.9% † 57 (±3.9% / ±77)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

4,042 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Sierra County: 8,200 ±98
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$128,700 ±$23,093 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sierra County: $152,600 † ±$15,687
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

5.1% ±2.4% (324  ±151.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sierra County: 3.9% † 441 (±1.7% / ±192.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

89.3% ±8% (4,162  ±451.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sierra County: 89.2% 8,255 (±7.1% / ±689.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
18.3% ±4.6% (852  ±218.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sierra County: 17% † 1,576 (±3.2% / ±297.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)

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

3.6% ±2% (228  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Sierra County: 7.6% 868
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

9.2% ±2.8% (445  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sierra County: 16.1% † 1,559 (±2.9% / ±278)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
445 Total veterans ±138 398 Male ±114 47 Female ±70

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