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Mountainair Public Schools, NM

2,046 Population
950.7 square miles 2.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Torrance County: 42.5 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,243 ±$5,611 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Torrance County: $24,922 ±$2,118
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$49,779 ±$16,606 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Torrance County: $46,250 † ±$9,578
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

17.3% ±11.1% (346  ±232) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Torrance County: 20.5% † 3,100 (±4.6% / ±691)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

40.5 minutes ±8.9 (21,320  ±9,640) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Torrance County: 36.7 174,745 (±1.4 / ±19,154)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

655 ±133 Number of households
  • Torrance County: 5,774 ±269
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
3.1 ±0.9 (2,046  ±392) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Torrance County: 2.6 15,254 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

1% ±1.6% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Torrance County: 3.6% † 117 (±2.6% / ±85)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

874 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Torrance County: 7,238 ±35
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$146,500 ±$136,261 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Torrance County: $145,100 † ±$16,978
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

2.1% ±1.8% (42  ±37.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Torrance County: 8.1% † 1,237 (±3.1% / ±468.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

81.5% ±5.4% (1,139  ±224.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Torrance County: 86.5% 9,425 (±6.5% / ±727.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
28.9% ±9.7% (404  ±154.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Torrance County: 14.9% † 1,620 (±2.9% / ±322.1)
  • a little less 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

3.6% ±5.5% (73  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Torrance County: 5.1% 786
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

11.9% ±4.9% (198  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Torrance County: 10.4% † 1,257 (±2.3% / ±281)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
198 Total veterans ±89 181 Male ±81 17 Female ±25

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