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Tucumcari Public Schools, NM

6,799 Population
996.8 square miles 6.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Quay County: 48.9 ±0.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,720 ±$5,525 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Quay County: $31,573 † ±$4,536
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,244 ±$10,791 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Quay County: $41,946 † ±$14,822
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.8% ±5.9% (1,801  ±401) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Quay County: 27.1% † 2,300 (±5.1% / ±432)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

9.6 minutes ±1.8 (27,345  ±6,298) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Quay County: 11.4 † 37,875 (±1.7 / ±7,162)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about one-third of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,465 ±281 Number of households
  • Quay County: 4,389 ±240
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (6,719  ±300) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Quay County: 1.9 8,484 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.4% ±1.7% (5  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Quay County: 0.7% † 10 (±1.4% / ±22)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,023 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Quay County: 5,536 ±29
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$74,000 ±$25,098 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Quay County: $87,200 † ±$16,034
  • about one-third of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±5.9% (856  ±405.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Quay County: 11.9% † 1,017 (±4.7% / ±405.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±7.8% (4,517  ±494.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Quay County: 92.1% 5,776 (±7.5% / ±513.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±4.9% (969  ±252.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Quay County: 19.6% † 1,229 (±4.1% / ±258)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about half 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

0.6% ±0.7% (43  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Quay County: 0.6% 51
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.9% ±3.4% (643  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Quay County: 11.2% † 772 (±2.8% / ±192)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
643 Total veterans ±186 577 Male ±187 66 Female ±74

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