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87942

1,005 Population
144.4 square miles 7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.3 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sierra County: 57.6 ±1.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,729 ±$6,174 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sierra County: $26,453 ±$2,328
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$42,308 ±$24,317 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sierra County: $41,600 † ±$5,700
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

4.3% ±3.2% (43  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Sierra County: 21.4% † 2,412 (±5.2% / ±585)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

26.7 minutes ±6.4 (8,610  ±5,034) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Sierra County: 14.8 † 47,265 (±2.3 / ±8,975)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

456 ±142 Number of households
  • Sierra County: 5,440 ±340
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.2 ±0.4 (1,005  ±360) 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

720 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Sierra County: 8,200 ±98
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$114,800 ±$46,704 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sierra County: $152,600 † ±$15,687
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

5% ±6.2% (50  ±64.4) 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

94.8% ±42.8% (842  ±247.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sierra County: 89.2% 8,255 (±7.1% / ±689.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
14.3% ±9.3% (127  ±93.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sierra County: 17% † 1,576 (±3.2% / ±297.7)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)

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

18.6% ±17.3% (187  ±186) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Sierra County: 7.6% 868
  • about double the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

14.8% ±8.3% (139  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sierra County: 16.1% † 1,559 (±2.9% / ±278)
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
139 Total veterans ±92 132 Male ±92 7 Female ±12

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