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88005

27,017 Population
150.9 square miles 179 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,855 ±$2,021 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $28,726 ±$877
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$51,770 ±$6,032 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $55,663 ±$2,067
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

20.9% ±2.9% (5,520  ±838) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.2% 47,947 (±1.5% / ±3,214)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

21.4 minutes ±3.7 (217,020  ±43,559) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 22.4 1,897,030 (±0.9 / ±86,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

11,178 ±757 Number of households
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 83,530 ±937
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.4 ±0.2 (26,360  ±1,759) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 2.6 216,389 (±0 / ±134)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

4.8% ±1.6% (327  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 5.6% † 3,013 (±1.1% / ±590)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

12,039 ±819 Number of housing units
  • the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 91,402 ±79
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$207,100 ±$13,477 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: $205,400 ±$5,080
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

12.7% ±3.1% (3,373  ±860.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 13.3% 29,120 (±1.2% / ±2,629.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

85.3% ±2.3% (15,146  ±1,037.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 82.7% 113,831 (±2.2% / ±2,971.5)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
31% ±2.7% (5,514  ±587.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 31.4% 43,242 (±1.4% / ±1,854.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 30.2% 438,228 (±0.4% / ±5,096.3)

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

8.6% ±1.9% (2,327  ±542) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 14.9% 33,051
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

7.7% ±1.6% (1,696  ±369) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Las Cruces, NM Metro Area: 7.7% 13,007 (±0.7% / ±1,144)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
1,696 Total veterans ±369 1,493 Male ±324 203 Female ±112

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