Jal, NM

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,364
US Senator
Martin Heinrich
Democratic Party
US Senator
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
39.6
9.38% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
32%
46.7% 1-year increase
2023 Median Household Income
$60,703
7% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$97,600
7.4% 1-year decline
2024 Employed Population
949
10.5% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Jal, NM reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

82.8% of the residents in Jal, NM are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Jal, NM was $97,600, and the homeownership rate was 72.5%.

Most people in Jal, NM drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 18 minutes. The average car ownership in Jal, NM was 1 car per household.

United StatesNew MexicoLea County, NMHobbs, NMLea and Eddy County PUMA, NM

Population & Diversity

Jal, NM is home to a population of 2.36k people, from which 82.8% are citizens. As of 2024, 19.3% of Jal, NM residents were born outside of the country (456 people).

In 2024, there were 1.58 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (1.29k people) in Jal, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 815 White (Non-Hispanic) and 134 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

82.8%
2024 Citizenship
86.7%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 82.8% of Jal, NM residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Jal, NM was 86.7%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Jal, NM
  1. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    1.29k ± 429
  2. White (Non-Hispanic)
    815 ± 275
  3. White (Hispanic)
    134 ± 201
65.5%
Hispanic Population
1.55k people

In 2024, there were 1.58 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (1.29k people) in Jal, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 815 White (Non-Hispanic) and 134 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

65.5% of the people in Jal, NM are hispanic (1.55k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Jal, NM as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New Mexico.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    124,411 ± 8,401 people
  2. Philippines
    6,498 ± 1,976 people
  3. Germany
    4,186 ± 1,587 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New Mexico was Mexico, the natal country of 124,411 New Mexico residents, followed by Philippines with 6,498 and Germany with 4,186.

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Foreign-Born Population

19.3%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
456 people
16.8%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
347 people

As of 2024, 19.3% of Jal, NM residents (456 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Jal, NM was 16.8%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    76 ± 78
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    16 ± 33

Jal, NM has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 4.75 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Jal, NM employs 949 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Jal, NM were Educational Services (268 people), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (260 people), and Utilities (131 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($122,978), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($122,610), and Transportation & Warehousing ($106,932).

Employment

Occupations

949
2024 Value
± 279
10.5%
1 Year growth
± 37.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Jal, NM grew at a rate of 10.5%, from 859 employees to 949 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Jal, NM, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (238 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (154 people), and Management Occupations (80 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Jal, NM.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Mexico.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

949
2024 Value
± 279
10.5%
1 Year growth
± 37.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Jal, NM grew at a rate of 10.5%, from 859 employees to 949 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Jal, NM, are Educational Services (268 people), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (260 people), and Utilities (131 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Jal, NM, though some of these residents may live in Jal, NM and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$97,867
Median earning men ± $40,273
$78,188
Median earning women ± $29,037

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($123,897), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($98,552), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($44,020).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($79,188).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Mexico.
Y-Axis
2.72%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 860k people employed in New Mexico. This represents a 2.72% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.8%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in New Mexico.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Jal, NM was $97,600 in 2024, which is 0.293 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $105,400 to $97,600, a 7.4% decrease. The homeownership rate in Jal, NM is 72.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Jal, NM have an average commute time of 18 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Jal, NM is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$97,600
Median Property Value 2024
±$23,266
$623
Median Property Taxes
±$170

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Jal, NM the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Jal, NM compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$60,703
Median Household Income
± $27,718
859
Number of Households
± 233

In 2023, the median household income of the 859 households in Jal, NM grew to $60,703 from the previous year's value of $56,731.

The following chart displays the households in Jal, NM distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $20k - $25k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Jal, NM is from New Mexico.
0.462
2023 Wage GINI in New Mexico
0.462
2022 Wage GINI in New Mexico

In 2023, the income inequality in New Mexico was 0.462 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0654% growth from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for New Mexico was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in New Mexico in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (95.4%)
  2. Worked At Home (4.64%)

In 2024, 95.4% of workers in Jal, NM drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (4.64%) and those who carpooled to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

18 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Jal, NM have a shorter commute time (18 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Jal, NM have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Jal, NM distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Jal, NM have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

32% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Jal, NM (756 out of 2.36k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males < 5, followed by Females 45 - 54 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Jal, NM is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

78.6% of the population of Jal, NM has health coverage, with 29.9% on employee plans, 22.8% on Medicaid, 7.66% on Medicare, 14.9% on non-group plans, and 3.3% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New Mexico see 1,344 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,344 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1436 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 215 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.3% were men and 49.7% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 24.4% under 18 years, 19.5% between 18 and 34 years, 40.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.3% were men and 49.7% were women.

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Uninsured People

21.4%
Uninsured
29.9%
Employer Coverage
22.8%
Medicaid
7.66%
Medicare
14.9%
Non-Group
3.3%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Jal, NM grew by 31.7% from 16.3% to 21.4%.

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