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87045

Prewitt, NM · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
2,608
Median household income
$19,270
People below poverty
53%
Median home value
$75,600

Income

The median income of households in 87045 was $19,270. An estimated 14.2% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 0% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 14.2
$10,000 to $14,999 22.5
$15,000 to $24,999 22.3
$25,000 to $34,999 5
$35,000 to $49,999 5.5
$50,000 to $74,999 12.1
$75,000 to $99,999 12.8
$100,000 to $149,999 5.1
$150,000 to $199,999 0.5
$200,000 or more 0

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 40893
Female 25417

An estimated 46.7% of households received earnings. An estimated 34.1% of households received Social Security and an estimated 16.7 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $15,920. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 46.7
Social Security 34.1
Retirement income 16.7
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 32.4
Cash public assistance income 1.2

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 53 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 68.4% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 32.2% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 47.6% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 53
Children under 18 years below poverty 68.4
People 65 years old and over below poverty 32.2
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 47.6

In 2020-2024, 51 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 51.4% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 56.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 42.5% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 87045 in 2020-2024, 91% had health insurance coverage and 9% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 7.3% and public coverage was 84.8%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 5.5%.


In 2020-2024, 87045 had a total population of 2,608 - 1,076 (41.3%) females and 1,532 (58.7%) males. The median age was 37.8 years. An estimated 35.4% of the population was under 18 years, 20% was 19 to 44 years, 28.6% was 45 to 64 years, and 12.6 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 87045 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 85 65
5 to 9 235 77
10 to 14 208 78
15 to 19 169 93
20 to 24 41 47
25 to 29 37 26
30 to 34 40 28
35 to 39 75 95
40 to 44 98 34
45 to 49 46 100
50 to 54 21 55
55 to 59 196 68
60 to 64 118 144
65 to 69 58 35
70 to 74 19 58
75 to 79 59 33
80 to 84 27 37
85 and over 0 3

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 1.2% were White; 0% were Black or African American; 0% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0% were Asian; 0% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 0.8% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 2.1% of the people in 87045 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 0.1% of the people in 87045 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 766 households in 87045. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Married-couple households made up 24.4% of the households in 87045 while cohabiting couple households made up 7.4% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 38.9% of all households, while 29.2% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 11.1% of households were male householders living alone, and 16.1% were female householders living alone, for a total of 27.2% of all households.

In 87045, 41.5% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 32.5% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 24.4
Cohabiting Couples 7.4
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
29.2
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
38.9

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 22.9% of males and 28.9% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 53.7 38.3
Now married, except separated 22.9 28.9
Separated 9.1 1.2
Widowed 10.4 15.8
Divorced 4 15.9

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 87045, 160 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 56.3% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 100% of the people living in 87045 were U.S. natives. 93.4% of the 87045 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 0% of 87045 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. NaN% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated NaN % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 87045 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 87045.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America NaN
Asia NaN
Europe NaN
Africa NaN
Northern America NaN
Oceania NaN

Note: The presence of NaN means that the estimate could not be calculated or cannot be published for this topic or geography.


Language

Among people at least five years old living in 87045 in 2020-2024, 55.5 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0% of people at least five years old; 23.3% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 0
Other Indo-European languages 0
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0
Other languages 55.5

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 99.7 % of the people at least one year old living in 87045 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 99.7
Different house, same county 0.3
Different county, same state 0
Different state 0
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 53.5 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 2.6% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 46.5% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 87045 was 788 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 8 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 715. College or graduate school enrollment was 65.

Educational Attainment of People in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 46.5
High school diploma or equivalency 32.5
Some college, no degree 12.6
Associate's degree 5.8
Bachelor's degree 1.7
Graduate or professional degree 0.9

Disability

In 87045, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 16.9 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 4.3% of people under 18 years old, to 21% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 35.6% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 87045, 28.7 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 64.8% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 85.5% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 13.7% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 0.8 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 444 85.5
Federal, state, or local government workers 71 13.7
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 4 0.8

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 87045 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 7.3
Construction 0
Manufacturing 2.1
Wholesale trade 6.2
Retail trade 27.6
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 1.9
Information 0
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 0.8
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 4
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 38.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 4.8
Other Services, except public administration 0.6
Public administration 6.2

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 87045 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 68 13.1
Service occupations 223 43
Sales and office occupations 133 25.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 16 3.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 79 15.2

Commuting to Work

An estimated 77.5% of 87045 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 2.7% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 39.3 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 77.5
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 2.7
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.6
Walked 0.4
Other means 0
Worked from home 18.8

In 2020-2024, 87045 had a total of 1,011 housing units. Of these housing units, 53.5% 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"). 0% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 46.5% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 53.5
Apartments in multi-unit structures 0
Mobile homes 46.5
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

8% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 4.2% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 87045 was 5 rooms, and of these housing units 57.1% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 87045 had 766 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 245 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 96.1% while renters occupied 3.9%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 3.32 and in renter-occupied houses it was 5.43.

0.3% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 27.9% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 9.1% and another 31.6% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 87045:

House Heating Fuel Used in 87045 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 6
Electricity 2.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 1.2
All other fuels 88.7
No fuel used 1.3

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 87045 was $75,600.

Of the owner-occupied households, 5.4 % had a mortgage. 94.6% 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 $911 and for owners without a mortgage it was $237.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 87045 was $567. 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.