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87937

2,990 Population
174.3 square miles 17.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±14 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$23,564 ±$5,939 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $29,907 ±$810
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$39,495 ±$8,468 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $56,848 ±$2,642
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

36.8% ±13.2% (1,100  ±442) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 21.3% 46,562 (±1.4% / ±3,156)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

18 minutes ±2.2 (23,280  ±6,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.8 1,972,390 (±1.3 / ±116,907)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

923 ±152 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 84,889 ±858
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
3.2 ±0.2 (2,980  ±534) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 218,864 (±0 / ±145)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

9.5% ±8.6% (76  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 6.1% † 3,354 (±0.9% / ±505)
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

1,089 ±162 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 92,436 ±186
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$97,400 ±$23,578 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $220,800 ±$5,556
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

0.2% ±0.8% (7  ±22.3) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 13.1% 29,013 (±1.2% / ±2,634.4)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

56.9% ±13.5% (1,030  ±352.2) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83.4% 116,920 (±2.2% / ±3,142.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
4.4% ±2.7% (79  ±53.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.7% 44,390 (±1.5% / ±2,110.5)
  • less than a fifth 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

32.4% ±7% (969  ±271) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 14.7% 33,043
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

5.6% ±6.2% (126  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.4% 12,627 (±0.5% / ±838)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
126 Total veterans ±140 53 Male ±70 73 Female ±109

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