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Capitan Municipal Schools, NM

4,472 Population
661.6 square miles 6.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 52.7 ±0.9
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$42,738 ±$6,056 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $36,086 ±$3,515
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$68,865 ±$13,647 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lincoln County: $51,643 ±$4,281
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

7.9% ±4.7% (351  ±215) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lincoln County: 16% † 3,205 (±3.8% / ±764)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

32.1 minutes ±7.2 (51,545  ±16,434) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Lincoln County: 21.2 † 156,715 (±2.3 / ±23,663)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

2,145 ±253 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 9,376 ±491
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.1 ±0.1 (4,466  ±561) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.1 20,037 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

2.7% ±3.4% (14  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Lincoln County: 5.4% † 186 (±3.6% / ±123)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

3,454 ±341 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 17,768 ±34
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$229,400 ±$31,800 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $212,200 ±$14,653
  • about the same as the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

9.1% ±5.1% (406  ±235.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 11.1% † 2,216 (±2.7% / ±544.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

95.6% ±4% (3,651  ±494.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 91.8% 14,466 (±6.1% / ±989.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
32.8% ±5.5% (1,253  ±265.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 28.8% † 4,535 (±3.5% / ±548.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

1.4% ±1.9% (63  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lincoln County: 6% 1,210
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

10.8% ±3.7% (422  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 9.9% † 1,657 (±1.8% / ±295)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
422 Total veterans ±153 351 Male ±126 71 Female ±63

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