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88260

15,498 Population
814.9 square miles 19 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 32.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,221 ±$2,910 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: $29,635 ±$1,867
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $32,667 ±$256
$72,510 ±$6,205 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: $65,855 ±$4,832
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $58,722 ±$581

18.3% ±4.9% (2,772  ±754) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 17.8% † 12,557 (±2.3% / ±1,588)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 18.3% 378,651 (±0.4% / ±8,012)

29.5 minutes ±5.4 (177,025  ±39,012) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 24.5 711,950 (±1.7 / ±53,518)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.1 18,861,436 (±0.3 / ±256,101)

Families

4,835 ±449 Number of households
  • the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 24,379 ±473
  • New Mexico: 812,852 ±2,360
3.1 ±0.3 (15,200  ±724) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 2.9 70,709 (±0.1 / ±115)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.6 2,069,657

7.2% ±3.2% (261  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 7.4% † 1,263 (±1.7% / ±294)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 25,991 (±0.3% / ±1,408)

Housing

5,411 ±429 Number of housing units
  • the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 27,854 ±46
  • New Mexico: 943,149 ±365

$161,400 ±$18,219 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: $162,000 ±$6,575
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $216,000 ±$1,314

13.3% ±4% (2,011  ±,612.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 13.5% † 9,697 (±1.9% / ±1,398.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.5% 262,190 (±0.3% / ±6,917)

Social

73.9% ±7.7% (6,770  ±,810.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 76.1% 33,034 (±3.4% / ±1,455.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.1% 1,249,249 (±0.6% / ±8,715.7)
14% ±3.8% (1,281  ±,360.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 14.6% † 6,338 (±1.6% / ±,680.7)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 29.1% 416,904 (±0.4% / ±5,033)

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

20.6% ±2.8% (3,187  ±462) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 17.7% 12,953
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 194,320

2.3% ±1.1% (245  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hobbs, NM Micro Area: 3.6% † 1,851 (±0.6% / ±305)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 8.4% 136,662 (±0.2% / ±2,734)
245 Total veterans ±120 230 Male ±118 15 Female ±20

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