Sunland Park, NM

Census Place

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2024 Population
17,463
US Senator
Martin Heinrich
Democratic Party
US Senator
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
30.9
3.13% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
22.4%
10.7% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$62,814
20.5% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$215,200
10.4% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
7,742
2.37% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Sunland Park, 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.

90.3% of the residents in Sunland Park, NM are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Sunland Park, NM was $215,200, and the homeownership rate was 79.5%.

Most people in Sunland Park, NM drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 31.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Sunland Park, NM was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNew MexicoDoña Ana County, NMLas Cruces, NMDoña Ana County (Outer) PUMA, NMEl Paso City (Northwest) PUMA, TX

Population & Diversity

Sunland Park, NM is home to a population of 17.5k people, from which 90.3% are citizens. As of 2024, 24% of Sunland Park, NM residents were born outside of the country (4.2k people).

In 2024, there were 1.88 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (8.6k people) in Sunland Park, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.58k Other (Hispanic) and 2.99k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

90.3%
2024 Citizenship
91.2%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 90.3% of Sunland Park, NM residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Sunland Park, NM was 91.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Sunland Park, NM
  1. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    8.6k ± 1.3k
  2. Other (Hispanic)
    4.58k ± 900
  3. White (Hispanic)
    2.99k ± 937
93.6%
Hispanic Population
16.3k people

In 2024, there were 1.88 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (8.6k people) in Sunland Park, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.58k Other (Hispanic) and 2.99k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

93.6% of the people in Sunland Park, NM are hispanic (16.3k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Sunland Park, 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

24%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
4.2k people
25.2%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
4.31k people

As of 2024, 24% of Sunland Park, NM residents (4.2k 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 Sunland Park, NM was 25.2%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    250 ± 172
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    113 ± 83
  3. Vietnam
    42 ± 46

Sunland Park, NM has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 2.21 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Sunland Park, NM employs 7.74k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Sunland Park, NM were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,057 people), Educational Services (780 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (763 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($54,500), Educational Services ($53,333), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($50,895).

Employment

Occupations

7.74k
2024 Value
± 852
2.37%
1 Year growth
± 15.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Sunland Park, NM grew at a rate of 2.37%, from 7.56k employees to 7.74k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Sunland Park, NM, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,052 people), Sales & Related Occupations (848 people), and Management Occupations (758 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Sunland Park, 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

7.74k
2024 Value
± 852
2.37%
1 Year growth
± 15.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Sunland Park, NM grew at a rate of 2.37%, from 7.56k employees to 7.74k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Sunland Park, NM, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,057 people), Educational Services (780 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (763 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Sunland Park, NM, though some of these residents may live in Sunland Park, 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

$39,065
Median earning men ± $3,811
$27,905
Median earning women ± $5,141

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($56,078), Public Administration ($55,469), and Construction ($45,375).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($54,333), Wholesale Trade ($43,974), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($29,375).

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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 Sunland Park, NM was $215,200 in 2024, which is 0.647 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $194,900 to $215,200, a 10.4% increase. The homeownership rate in Sunland Park, NM is 79.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Sunland Park, NM have an average commute time of 31.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Sunland Park, NM is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$215,200
Median Property Value 2024
±$15,326
$4,417
Median Property Taxes
±$613

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 Sunland Park, NM the largest share of households pay taxes in the $2k - $3k range.

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

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Rent vs Own

79.5%
Homeownership
2024
73.8%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 79.5% of the housing units in Sunland Park, NM were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 81.9%.

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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.
$62,814
Median Household Income
± $12,785
5.56k
Number of Households
± 725

In 2024, the median household income of the 5.56k households in Sunland Park, NM grew to $62,814 from the previous year's value of $52,147.

The following chart displays the households in Sunland Park, 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 range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Sunland Park, 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 (73.9%)
  2. Carpooled (17.8%)
  3. Worked At Home (4.91%)

In 2024, 73.9% of workers in Sunland Park, NM drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (17.8%) and those who worked at home (4.91%).

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

31.9 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Sunland Park, NM have a longer commute time (31.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 4.51% of the workforce in Sunland Park, 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 Sunland Park, NM distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Sunland Park, NM have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

22.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Sunland Park, NM (3.88k out of 17.3k 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 Females 18 - 24, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Sunland Park, 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

86% of the population of Sunland Park, NM has health coverage, with 30.3% on employee plans, 37.8% on Medicaid, 6.55% on Medicare, 9.72% on non-group plans, and 1.57% 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, 45.8% were men and 54.2% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 30.8% under 18 years, 24.3% between 18 and 34 years, 34.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 10.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 45.8% were men and 54.2% were women.

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Uninsured People

14%
Uninsured
30.3%
Employer Coverage
37.8%
Medicaid
6.55%
Medicare
9.72%
Non-Group
1.57%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Sunland Park, NM declined by 9.4% from 15.5% to 14%.

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