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88231

3,255 Population
351 square miles 9.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±11.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 32.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,337 ±$9,053 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: $31,326 ±$2,273
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$51,417 ±$35,023 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: $68,015 ±$5,605
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

11.9% ±7% (388  ±230) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 18.7% † 13,366 (±2.6% / ±1,831)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

22.6 minutes ±6.7 (29,705  ±10,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 24.4 714,675 (±2 / ±61,734)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

1,199 ±201 Number of households
  • the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 24,670 ±504
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.7 ±0.5 (3,255  ±169) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 2.9 71,561 (±0.1 / ±134)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,454 ±226 Number of housing units
  • the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 28,403 ±55
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$128,900 ±$33,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: $184,000 ±$8,831
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

3.7% ±3.3% (119  ±108.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 13% † 9,426 (±1.9% / ±1,371.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

70.7% ±9.3% (1,277  ±247.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 74.7% 33,011 (±3.5% / ±1,542)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
6.2% ±4.4% (112  ±81.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 15.5% † 6,870 (±1.6% / ±726)
  • about one-fifth 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

11.9% ±5.2% (386  ±170) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 18.3% 13,490
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

6.2% ±4.2% (135  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 3.4% † 1,749 (±0.6% / ±305)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
135 Total veterans ±93 135 Male ±93 N/A Female ±14

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