Mountainair, NM

Census Place

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2024 Population
1,178
US Senator
Martin Heinrich
Democratic Party
US Senator
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
33.4
24.2% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
22.1%
14.9% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$43,021
3.22% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$95,300
1.75% 1-year decline
2024 Employed Population
355
10.4% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Mountainair, 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.

94.4% of the residents in Mountainair, NM are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Mountainair, NM was $95,300, and the homeownership rate was 81.7%.

Most people in Mountainair, NM drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 18 minutes. The average car ownership in Mountainair, NM was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNew MexicoTorrance County, NMAlbuquerque, NMValencia County, Torrance County & East Mountain PUMA, NM

Population & Diversity

Mountainair, NM is home to a population of 1.18k people, from which 94.4% are citizens. As of 2024, 5.6% of Mountainair, NM residents were born outside of the country (66 people).

In 2024, there were 1.39 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (359 people) in Mountainair, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 258 White (Hispanic) and 157 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

94.4%
2024 Citizenship
94.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 94.4% of Mountainair, NM residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Mountainair, NM was 94.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Mountainair, NM
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    359 ± 117
  2. White (Hispanic)
    258 ± 158
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    157 ± 142
56.8%
Hispanic Population
669 people

In 2024, there were 1.39 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (359 people) in Mountainair, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 258 White (Hispanic) and 157 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

56.8% of the people in Mountainair, NM are hispanic (669 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Mountainair, 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

5.6%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
66 people
5.58%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
73 people

As of 2024, 5.6% of Mountainair, NM residents (66 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 Mountainair, NM was 5.58%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    23 ± 30
  2. Korea
    12 ± 24

Mountainair, NM has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.92 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Mountainair, NM employs 355 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Mountainair, NM were Health Care & Social Assistance (69 people), Manufacturing (66 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (45 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($59,306), Other Services Except Public Administration ($43,636), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($20,714).

Employment

Occupations

355
2024 Value
± 140
−10.4%
1 Year decline
± 59.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mountainair, NM declined at a rate of −10.4%, from 396 employees to 355 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Mountainair, NM, are Healthcare Support Occupations (68 people), Production Occupations (66 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (36 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Mountainair, 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

355
2024 Value
± 140
−10.4%
1 Year decline
± 59.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mountainair, NM declined at a rate of −10.4%, from 396 employees to 355 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Mountainair, NM, are Health Care & Social Assistance (69 people), Manufacturing (66 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (45 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Mountainair, NM, though some of these residents may live in Mountainair, 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

$14,800
Median earning men ± $6,747
$30,536
Median earning women ± $11,689

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($18,542).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($26,838).

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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%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Mountainair, NM was $95,300 in 2024, which is 0.286 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $97,000 to $95,300, a 1.75% decrease. The homeownership rate in Mountainair, NM is 81.7%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Mountainair, NM have an average commute time of 18 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Mountainair, NM is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$95,300
Median Property Value 2024
±$10,846
$308
Median Property Taxes
±$103

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 Mountainair, NM the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

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Rent vs Own

81.7%
Homeownership
2024
74.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 81.7% of the housing units in Mountainair, NM were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 84.2%.

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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.
$43,021
Median Household Income
± $7,394
377
Number of Households
± 115

In 2024, the median household income of the 377 households in Mountainair, NM grew to $43,021 from the previous year's value of $41,678.

The following chart displays the households in Mountainair, 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 $10k - $15k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Mountainair, 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 (60.6%)
  2. Worked At Home (21.1%)
  3. Carpooled (10.1%)

In 2024, 60.6% of workers in Mountainair, NM drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (21.1%) and those who carpooled to work (10.1%).

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 Mountainair, NM have a shorter commute time (18 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 9.29% of the workforce in Mountainair, NM have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Mountainair, NM distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Mountainair, NM have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

22.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Mountainair, NM (255 out of 1.15k 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 35 - 44, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Males 18 - 24.

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

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

88% of the population of Mountainair, NM has health coverage, with 5.69% on employee plans, 56.4% on Medicaid, 17.1% on Medicare, 6.88% on non-group plans, and 1.95% 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, 60.9% were men and 39.1% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 34% under 18 years, 17.9% between 18 and 34 years, 23.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 25% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 60.9% were men and 39.1% were women.

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Uninsured People

12%
Uninsured
5.69%
Employer Coverage
56.4%
Medicaid
17.1%
Medicare
6.88%
Non-Group
1.95%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Mountainair, NM grew by 15.1% from 10.4% to 12%.

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