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88201

27,715 Population
2,643.3 square miles 10.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 36.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,009 ±$3,160 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: $28,273 ±$1,546
  • a little higher than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$62,752 ±$6,026 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: $52,029 ±$2,646
  • about the same as the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

17.2% ±3.9% (4,582  ±1,067) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 22.3% † 13,763 (±2.8% / ±1,701)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

16.7 minutes ±1.6 (185,065  ±24,386) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 18.6 458,925 (±0.9 / ±28,949)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

10,425 ±577 Number of households
  • the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 23,605 ±499
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.6 ±0.2 (26,814  ±1,341) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 2.6 61,959 (±0.1 / ±103)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

9.4% ±3.4% (547  ±203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 6.5% † 944 (±1.5% / ±223)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

11,738 ±534 Number of housing units
  • the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 26,794 ±49
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$202,600 ±$14,551 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: $141,900 ±$12,827
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

13.6% ±3.1% (3,710  ±858.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 13.7% † 8,734 (±2.2% / ±1,376.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

87.3% ±3.5% (15,791  ±1,018.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 80.9% 33,987 (±3.5% / ±1,456)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
27.8% ±2.9% (5,025  ±579.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 18.2% 7,642 (±1.6% / ±673.1)
  • about 90 percent of 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

8.8% ±1.4% (2,441  ±391) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 10.8% 6,958
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

6.9% ±1.2% (1,437  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Roswell, NM Micro Area: 7.1% † 3,437 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
1,437 Total veterans ±264 1,381 Male ±261 56 Female ±47

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