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88346

3,191 Population
52.2 square miles 61.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 52.4 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$19,553 ±$4,582 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $37,148 ±$2,618
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$33,594 ±$17,870 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $53,303 ±$2,293
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

36.5% ±13.5% (1,164  ±436) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 19.3% † 3,864 (±3.4% / ±688)
  • about double the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

13.7 minutes ±2.7 (16,695  ±4,736) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 20 145,555 (±1.8 / ±17,484)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

1,443 ±182 Number of households
  • the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 10,000 ±514
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.2 ±0.3 (3,191  ±207) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 2 20,056 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

10.1% ±13.9% (79  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 6.6% † 233 (±3.8% / ±133)
  • nearly double the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

1,865 ±230 Number of housing units
  • the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 17,871 ±27
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$159,700 ±$35,938 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: $233,200 ±$22,920
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

8.1% ±5.5% (249  ±170.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 11.7% † 2,335 (±2.8% / ±557.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

94.5% ±10.8% (1,969  ±381) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 94.7% 15,028 (±5.9% / ±967.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
17.6% ±8.3% (366  ±181.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 32.2% † 5,106 (±3.6% / ±577.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

8.1% ±5.2% (258  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Ruidoso, NM Micro Area: 3.8% 776
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

13.5% ±6.9% (315  ±164) 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)
315 Total veterans ±164 172 Male ±120 143 Female ±141

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