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88301

1,197 Population
869.9 square miles 1.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 52.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,838 ±$7,801 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $37,148 ±$2,618
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$43,900 ±$23,957 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $53,303 ±$2,293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

17.9% ±15.5% (189  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 19.3% † 3,864 (±3.4% / ±688)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

25.9 minutes ±9.1 (10,840  ±5,875) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 20 145,555 (±1.8 / ±17,484)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

594 ±142 Number of households
  • the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 10,000 ±514
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
1.8 ±0.2 (1,045  ±271) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 2 20,056 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

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

Housing

817 ±141 Number of housing units
  • the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 17,871 ±27
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$89,200 ±$25,088 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $233,200 ±$22,920
  • about one-third of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

17.1% ±7.6% (205  ±101.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 11.7% † 2,335 (±2.8% / ±557.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

91.5% ±25.6% (955  ±184.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 94.7% 15,028 (±5.9% / ±967.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
21.7% ±6.5% (227  ±81.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 32.2% † 5,106 (±3.6% / ±577.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.4% ±4.1% (41  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 3.8% 776
  • about one-third of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

13.1% ±4.1% (143  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 10.3% † 1,727 (±1.6% / ±262)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
143 Total veterans ±54 143 Male ±54 N/A Female ±14

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