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88201

27,524 Population
2,643.3 square miles 10.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 37.2 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$36,777 ±$3,434 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: $28,881 ±$1,619
  • about the same as the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$61,780 ±$5,681 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: $52,938 ±$2,795
  • a little less than the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

23.2% ±4.8% (6,187  ±1,337) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 24.3% † 14,997 (±2.8% / ±1,751)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

18 minutes ±2 (192,385  ±26,005) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 19.3 474,485 (±0.9 / ±28,780)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

10,153 ±564 Number of households
  • the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 23,712 ±501
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.6 ±0 (26,769  ±1,490) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 2.6 61,951 (±0.1 / ±97)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

7.2% ±2.8% (435  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 5.5% † 805 (±1.4% / ±211)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

11,531 ±485 Number of housing units
  • the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 26,864 ±50
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$225,000 ±$13,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: $156,400 ±$9,252
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

13.9% ±3.4% (3,766  ±944.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 13.2% † 8,383 (±2.2% / ±1,410.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

87% ±3.9% (15,183  ±1,050) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 80.9% 33,946 (±3.7% / ±1,547.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
27% ±2.8% (4,704  ±543.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 17.9% 7,512 (±1.6% / ±677.1)
  • about 90 percent 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

7.5% ±1.3% (2,063  ±374) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 11.3% 7,234
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

6.8% ±1.2% (1,371  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 6.5% † 3,144 (±0.8% / ±406)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
1,371 Total veterans ±257 1,299 Male ±253 72 Female ±51

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