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87319

Mentmore, NM · ACS 2020–2024

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

Total population
2,496
Median household income
$41,452
People below poverty
37.7%
Median home value
$28,000

Income

The median income of households in 87319 was $41,452. An estimated 22.9% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 0% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 22.9
$10,000 to $14,999 9.7
$15,000 to $24,999 3.4
$25,000 to $34,999 5.1
$35,000 to $49,999 21.4
$50,000 to $74,999 26.2
$75,000 to $99,999 3.6
$100,000 to $149,999 6.4
$150,000 to $199,999 1.3
$200,000 or more 0

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 87319 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 36500
Female 26356

An estimated 73.4% of households received earnings. An estimated 15.7% of households received Social Security and an estimated 10.5 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $14,287. 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 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 73.4
Social Security 15.7
Retirement income 10.5
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 14.8
Cash public assistance income 1

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 37.7 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 48.7% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 39.5% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 32.3% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 37.7
Children under 18 years below poverty 48.7
People 65 years old and over below poverty 39.5
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 32.3

In 2020-2024, 36.2 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 43.3% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 42.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 24% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 87319 in 2020-2024, 67.1% had health insurance coverage and 32.9% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 13.8% and public coverage was 59.3%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 25%.


In 2020-2024, 87319 had a total population of 2,496 - 1,240 (49.7%) females and 1,256 (50.3%) males. The median age was 30.8 years. An estimated 29.9% of the population was under 18 years, 32.6% was 19 to 44 years, 24.9% was 45 to 64 years, and 7.8 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 87319 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 88 144
5 to 9 107 19
10 to 14 103 207
15 to 19 139 59
20 to 24 55 51
25 to 29 143 98
30 to 34 18 47
35 to 39 110 97
40 to 44 90 104
45 to 49 82 151
50 to 54 125 71
55 to 59 67 53
60 to 64 33 40
65 to 69 31 35
70 to 74 38 44
75 to 79 27 11
80 to 84 0 9
85 and over 0 0

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 9.6% were White; 0.3% were Black or African American; 0.1% 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 3.1% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 27.3% of the people in 87319 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 0.4% of the people in 87319 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 702 households in 87319. The average household size was 3.51 people.

Married-couple households made up 34.6% of the households in 87319 while cohabiting couple households made up 14.2% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 32.1% of all households, while 19.1% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 8.3% of households were male householders living alone, and 14% were female householders living alone, for a total of 22.3% of all households.

In 87319, 46% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 22.6% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 34.6
Cohabiting Couples 14.2
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
19.1
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
32.1

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 28% of males and 37% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 57 46
Now married, except separated 28 37
Separated 1.9 2.6
Widowed 4.3 5.7
Divorced 8.9 8.6

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 87319, 147 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 64.6% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 100% of the people living in 87319 were U.S. natives. 79.4% of the 87319 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 0% of 87319 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 87319 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 87319.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 87319 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 87319 in 2020-2024, 64 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 15.5% of people at least five years old; 14.4% 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 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 15.5
Other Indo-European languages 0
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0
Other languages 48.5

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 93.3 % of the people at least one year old living in 87319 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 93.3
Different house, same county 0.3
Different county, same state 1.1
Different state 5.3
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 72.4 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 1.2% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 27.6% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 87319 was 591 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 57 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 510. College or graduate school enrollment was 24.

Educational Attainment of People in 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 27.6
High school diploma or equivalency 45.9
Some college, no degree 18.4
Associate's degree 6.8
Bachelor's degree 0.7
Graduate or professional degree 0.5

Disability

In 87319, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 11.1 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 1.6% of people under 18 years old, to 12.4% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 36.4% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 87319, 46 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 48.6% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 76.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 15.2% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 8.7 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 633 76.2
Federal, state, or local government workers 126 15.2
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 72 8.7

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 87319 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 2.4
Construction 1.7
Manufacturing 4.7
Wholesale trade 0.8
Retail trade 17.7
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 5.7
Information 0
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 4.9
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 2.9
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 24.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 22.9
Other Services, except public administration 5.9
Public administration 6.1

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 87319 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 216 26
Service occupations 201 24.2
Sales and office occupations 151 18.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 50 6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 213 25.6

Commuting to Work

An estimated 80% of 87319 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 10% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 22.3 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 80
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 10
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 1.4
Other means 0
Worked from home 8.6

In 2020-2024, 87319 had a total of 943 housing units. Of these housing units, 57.9% 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. 42.1% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 57.9
Apartments in multi-unit structures 0
Mobile homes 42.1
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

15.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 0.2% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 87319 was 4.3 rooms, and of these housing units 42.9% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 87319 had 702 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 241 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 80.2% while renters occupied 19.8%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.97 and in renter-occupied houses it was 5.7.

0% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 20.2% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 11.3% and another 17.1% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 87319:

House Heating Fuel Used in 87319 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 21.8
Electricity 2.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.6
All other fuels 74
No fuel used 0.9

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 87319 was $28,000.

Of the owner-occupied households, 10.7 % had a mortgage. 89.3% 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 $750 and for owners without a mortgage it was $197.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 87319 was $NaN. 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.

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