McKinley County

The median income of households in McKinley County, New Mexico was $47,668. An estimated 12.6% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 3.9% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 70.1% of households received earnings. An estimated 31.8% of households received Social Security and an estimated 19.3 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $17,505. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2020-2024, 33.2 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 42.5% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 25.2% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 30.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2020-2024, 37.7 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 56.9% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 39.5% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 47% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in McKinley County, New Mexico in 2020-2024, 83.2% had health insurance coverage and 16.8% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 22.9% and public coverage was 66.1%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 8.5%.

In 2020-2024, McKinley County, New Mexico had a total population of 70,431 - 36,558 (51.9%) females and 33,873 (48.1%) males. The median age was 34.6 years. An estimated 27.1% of the population was under 18 years, 33.5% was 19 to 44 years, 22.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 13.8 % was 65 years and older.

In 2020-2024, there were 21,353 households in McKinley County, New Mexico. The average household size was 3.25 people.

Married-couple households made up 28.2% of the households in McKinley County, New Mexico while cohabiting couple households made up 12.1% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 39% of all households, while 20.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 12% of households were male householders living alone, and 12.3% were female householders living alone, for a total of 24.3% of all households.

In McKinley County, New Mexico, 38.7% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 33.9% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2020-2024, an estimated 97.6% of the people living in McKinley County, New Mexico were U.S. natives. 75.5% of the McKinley County, New Mexico population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 2.4% of McKinley County, New Mexico residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 39.6% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 56.5 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of McKinley County, New Mexico come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for McKinley County, New Mexico.

Among people at least five years old living in McKinley County, New Mexico in 2020-2024, 48.9 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 4.5% of people at least five years old; 14% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2020-2024, 94.6 % of the people at least one year old living in McKinley County, New Mexico were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2020-2024, 81.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 13.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 18.1% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in McKinley County, New Mexico was 18,852 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 1,010 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 15,046. College or graduate school enrollment was 2,796.

In McKinley County, New Mexico, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 16.5 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 2.9% of people under 18 years old, to 14.7% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 51% of those 65 and over.

In McKinley County, New Mexico, 43.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 51.5% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 65.4% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 30.7% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 3.8 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in McKinley County, New Mexico worked in the following industries:

An estimated 79.9% of McKinley County, New Mexico workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 7.8% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 27 minutes to get to work.

In 2020-2024, McKinley County, New Mexico had a total of 25,304 housing units. Of these housing units, 65.4% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 9.4% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 25% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

8.3% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 2.7% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in McKinley County, New Mexico was 4.9 rooms, and of these housing units 57.9% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2020-2024, McKinley County, New Mexico had 21,353 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 3,951 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 69.8% while renters occupied 30.2%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 3.34 and in renter-occupied houses it was 3.03.

1.5% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 21.3% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 10.7% and another 22.9% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in McKinley County, New Mexico:

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in McKinley County, New Mexico was $78,700.

Of the owner-occupied households, 19.5 % had a mortgage. 80.5% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,319 and for owners without a mortgage it was $288.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for McKinley County, New Mexico was $859. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.