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88005

27,509 Population
150.9 square miles 182.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,092 ±$2,423 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $29,907 ±$810
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$54,452 ±$7,118 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $56,848 ±$2,642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

23.3% ±4.6% (6,285  ±1,291) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 21.3% 46,562 (±1.4% / ±3,156)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

19.9 minutes ±3.6 (211,075  ±43,875) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.8 1,972,390 (±1.3 / ±116,907)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

11,290 ±676 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 84,889 ±858
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.4 ±0.2 (27,015  ±1,578) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 218,864 (±0 / ±145)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

4.9% ±2.1% (332  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 6.1% † 3,354 (±0.9% / ±505)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

12,169 ±739 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 92,436 ±186
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$220,800 ±$12,533 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $220,800 ±$5,556
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

11.7% ±2.9% (3,166  ±816.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 13.1% 29,013 (±1.2% / ±2,634.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

85.5% ±3.4% (15,317  ±1,051.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83.4% 116,920 (±2.2% / ±3,142.5)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
32.1% ±3.1% (5,745  ±639.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.7% 44,390 (±1.5% / ±2,110.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)

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

9.6% ±1.8% (2,628  ±522) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 14.7% 33,043
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

7.1% ±1.3% (1,596  ±308) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.4% 12,627 (±0.5% / ±838)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
1,596 Total veterans ±308 1,415 Male ±282 181 Female ±98

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