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88061

17,464 Population
897.2 square miles 19.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 49.5 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,404 ±$3,210 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $31,209 ±$2,061
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$47,917 ±$4,472 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $44,958 ±$4,212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

19% ±4.2% (3,222  ±719) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 19.5% † 5,268 (±2.9% / ±789)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

15.7 minutes ±1.6 (87,575  ±13,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 17.9 151,265 (±1.5 / ±17,758)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

7,170 ±398 Number of households
  • the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 11,295 ±395
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.4 ±0.2 (16,950  ±751) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 2.4 27,025 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

4.9% ±4% (152  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 3.4% † 167 (±2.5% / ±126)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

8,892 ±371 Number of housing units
  • the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 14,755 ±23
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$204,300 ±$21,355 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: $175,600 ±$11,370
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

9.1% ±2.6% (1,565  ±459.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 8.1% † 2,241 (±2% / ±557.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

91.9% ±5.6% (12,033  ±890.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 90.7% 18,654 (±5% / ±1,032.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
35.2% ±3.5% (4,607  ±502.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 30.7% 6,309 (±2.9% / ±590.6)
  • about 10 percent 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

5% ±2.1% (868  ±366) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 4.6% 1,286
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

9.5% ±2.1% (1,358  ±304) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Silver City, NM Micro Area: 9.7% † 2,207 (±1.7% / ±378)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
1,358 Total veterans ±304 1,181 Male ±256 177 Female ±129

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