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Mountainair Public Schools, NM

1,917 Population
950.7 square miles 2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.7 ±14.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Torrance County: 43.3 ±1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,158 ±$5,141 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Torrance County: $30,139 † ±$3,735
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,784 ±$11,756 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Torrance County: $57,842 † ±$6,305
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.4% ±7.8% (272  ±155) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Torrance County: 18.3% † 2,795 (±4.1% / ±624)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.8 minutes ±7.6 (14,685  ±7,058) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Torrance County: 37.3 211,195 (±2.5 / ±22,689)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

725 ±116 Number of households
  • Torrance County: 6,052 ±219
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (1,917  ±347) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Torrance County: 2.5 15,387 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±7.2% (9  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Torrance County: 3.9% † 127 (±2.6% / ±86)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

936 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Torrance County: 7,293 ±20
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$205,700 ±$114,495 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Torrance County: $159,700 ±$12,546
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.5% ±2.2% (48  ±42.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Torrance County: 11.1% † 1,710 (±4% / ±618.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.8% ±6.9% (1,116  ±225.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Torrance County: 86.9% 9,689 (±6.7% / ±764.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.4% ±9.2% (475  ±154.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Torrance County: 16.6% † 1,847 (±2.9% / ±322.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.4% ±5.3% (66  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Torrance County: 3.9% 607
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.9% ±6% (209  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Torrance County: 11.1% † 1,373 (±2.8% / ±343)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
209 Total veterans ±98 192 Male ±89 17 Female ±23

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