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Roswell Independent Schools, NM

57,594 Population
3,185 square miles 18.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chaves County: 36.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,977 ±$1,667 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chaves County: $28,273 ±$1,546
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$51,636 ±$2,670 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chaves County: $52,029 ±$2,646
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

22.1% ±2.8% (12,267  ±1,581) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Chaves County: 22.3% † 13,763 (±2.8% / ±1,701)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

18 minutes ±1 (398,945  ±29,006) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Chaves County: 18.6 458,925 (±0.9 / ±28,949)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

21,591 ±506 Number of households
  • Chaves County: 23,605 ±499
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.6 ±0.1 (55,859  ±598) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chaves County: 2.6 61,959 (±0.1 / ±103)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

7% ±1.7% (922  ±220) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chaves County: 6.5% † 944 (±1.5% / ±223)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

24,446 ±226 Number of housing units
  • Chaves County: 26,794 ±49
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$146,800 ±$12,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Chaves County: $141,900 ±$12,827
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

13.8% ±2.4% (7,836  ±1,339.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Chaves County: 13.7% † 8,734 (±2.2% / ±1,376.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

82.4% ±3.6% (30,953  ±1,404.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chaves County: 80.9% 33,987 (±3.5% / ±1,456)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
19.3% ±1.8% (7,235  ±669.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chaves County: 18.2% 7,642 (±1.6% / ±673.1)
  • 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

10.3% ±1.2% (5,921  ±683) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Chaves County: 10.8% 6,958
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

7.4% ±0.9% (3,177  ±376) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Chaves County: 7.1% † 3,437 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
3,177 Total veterans ±376 2,866 Male ±354 311 Female ±184

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