La Luz, NM

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2023 Population

1,683

9.42% 1-year decline

US Senator

N/AMartin Heinrich

Democratic Party

US Senator

N/ABen Ray Luján

Democratic Party

2023 Median Age

41.8

3.72% 1-year increase

2023 Median Household Income

$35,324

14.8% 1-year decline

About

In 2023, N/A had a population of 1.68k people with a median age of 41.8 and a median household income of $35,324. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of La Luz, NM declined from 1,858 to 1,683, a −9.42% decrease and its median household income declined from $41,467 to $35,324, a −14.8% decrease.

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N/A of the households in N/A 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.

United States New Mexico Otero County, NM Alamogordo, NM Southwest New Mexico PUMA, NM

Economy

Employment

Occupations

739

2023 Value

± 242

−7.39%

1 Year decline

± 48.2%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in N/A declined at a rate of −7.39%, from 798 employees to 739 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in N/A, are N/A. This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of N/A.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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

Industries

Employment by Industries

739

2023 Value

± 242

−7.39%

1 Year decline

± 48.2%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in N/A declined at a rate of −7.39%, from 798 employees to 739 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in N/A, are N/A. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of N/A, though some of these residents may live in N/A and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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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.

Education

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Race

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$35,324

Median Household Income

± $17,488

693

Number of Households

± 232

In 2023, the median household income of the 693 households in N/A declined from $35,324 from the previous year's value of $41,467.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

In N/A, N/A% of workers in N/A N/A, followed by those who N/A (N/A%) and those who N/A (N/A%).

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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Average Travel Time

The chart below shows how the median household income in La Luz, NM compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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Average Number

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in N/A is N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.

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.

Health

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in N/A.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

32.6%

Uninsured

17%

Employer Coverage

26.9%

Medicaid

9.09%

Medicare

9.51%

Non-Group

4.93%

Military or VA

Between 2022 and 2023, the percent of uninsured citizens in N/A declined by 18.4% from 40% to 32.6%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in N/A changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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