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Raton Public Schools, NM

7,041 Population
1,007.1 square miles 7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Colfax County: 49.1 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$30,779 ±$2,938 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Colfax County: $31,126 ±$2,398
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$52,942 ±$4,521 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Colfax County: $52,690 ±$4,518
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

18.3% ±5.1% (1,253  ±349) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colfax County: 17% † 1,985 (±3.4% / ±403)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

19 minutes ±3.8 (48,710  ±11,276) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Colfax County: 18.8 † 76,780 (±2.1 / ±12,132)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

3,214 ±231 Number of households
  • Colfax County: 5,413 ±324
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.1 ±0.2 (6,851  ±225) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colfax County: 2.2 11,695 (±0.2 / ±467)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

1% ±1.6% (14  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Colfax County: 2.8% † 61 (±2.1% / ±45)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

3,827 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Colfax County: 9,578 ±234
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$156,800 ±$20,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Colfax County: $161,000 ±$15,616
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

15.3% ±5.6% (1,072  ±391.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Colfax County: 15% † 1,842 (±4.4% / ±540.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

89% ±7.6% (4,710  ±467.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Colfax County: 90.5% 8,366 (±5.7% / ±551.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
20.3% ±3.7% (1,072  ±201.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colfax County: 24% † 2,218 (±3% / ±276.1)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1.8% ±1.5% (127  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Colfax County: 3.9% 486
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

8.9% ±2.7% (511  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Colfax County: 9% † 910 (±1.6% / ±164)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
511 Total veterans ±155 463 Male ±152 48 Female ±61

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