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Otero County

County in New Mexico. 68,816 residents. 17,126 km² of land (6,613 sq mi).

Rents

Median gross rent

$962USD per month, ± $61

New Mexico $1,067, U.S. $1,413

2020–2024.

Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

By number of bedrooms

Home sizeMedian rent, USD per month
Studio (no bedroom)$519 ± $68
1 bedroom$730 ± $117
2 bedrooms$818 ± $44
3 bedrooms$1,178 ± $79
4 bedrooms$1,480 ± $172
5 or more bedrooms$1,110 ± $74

2020–2024. Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Home prices

Median home value

$162,700USD, ± $7,486

New Mexico $248,100, U.S. $332,700

2020–2024.

The value is each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not a sale price. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $2,000,000 are published only as "$2,000,000+" and medians below $10,000 as "$10,000-".

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Work and pay

Average wage

$24.05$962$4,169USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per month

New Mexico $29.28$1,171$5,074, U.S. $36.35$1,454$6,301

2014: $16.60$664$2,8772024: $24.05$962$4,169

2024.

Hourly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage divided by 40 hours. The source does not report hours worked and counts part-time jobs, so actual hourly pay is higher where part-time work is common.

Monthly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage times 52, divided by 12.

Covers jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. Wages include bonuses. It is an average per job, full-time and part-time alike, not per worker. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer. Recent figures are revised by the publisher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Employment

17,528jobs

2014: 17,3522024: 17,528

2024.

Counts jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. A person with two jobs is counted twice. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

By industry sector

SectorWage, private sector, USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per monthJobs, private sectorEstablishments
Health care and social assistance$25.18$1,007$4,3643,054113
Retail trade$15.20$608$2,6352,339183
Accommodation and food services$11.50$460$1,9931,463106
Construction$25.45$1,018$4,411956121
Administrative and support and waste management services$24.48$979$4,24294435
Professional, scientific, and technical services$35.28$1,411$6,11457265
Other services (except public administration)$19.23$769$3,332356123
Finance and insurance$26.50$1,060$4,59333545
Transportation and warehousing$33.98$1,359$5,88930928
Educational services$44.30$1,772$7,67923911
Real estate and rental and leasing$18.95$758$3,28518857
Information$27.20$1,088$4,71518224
Utilities$36.78$1,471$6,37412013
Arts, entertainment, and recreation$9.65$386$1,6738613
Wholesale trade$31.63$1,265$5,4828313
Manufacturing$14.53$581$2,5187826
Management of companies and enterprises$29.25$1,170$5,070283
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and huntingwithheldwithheld4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractionwithheldwithheld4

Periods: 2024, 2023. “Withheld” marks cells the publisher suppresses to protect individual employers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Businesses

Business establishments

988establishments

2023.

Employer establishments only: the self-employed are not counted. Excludes crop and animal production, rail transportation, the postal service, public administration and most government. The source publishes no turnover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Business establishments per 1,000 residents

14.4per 1,000 residents

New Mexico 21.2, U.S. 25.0

2023.

The two inputs cover different periods (2023 and 2020–2024). Establishments are counted where they operate and residents where they live, so employment centres score high. The self-employed and most government are not counted.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Calculated by Marsadata from County Business Patterns 2023 total establishments divided by the ACS 5-year 2020–2024 population estimate, times 1,000. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Energy

Residential electricity price

Published for states only. See New Mexico

Residential natural gas price

Published for states only. See New Mexico

People

Population

68,816people

2020–2024.

Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. It is a survey estimate, not a census count. The national figure covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico is published separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Population density

4.0people per km²

New Mexico 6.7, U.S. 36.6

2020–2024.

Land area excludes water. The national figure uses the land area of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, matching the population estimate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from the ACS 5-year population estimate (table B01003) divided by the land area in the Census Bureau's 2025 cartographic boundary files. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages

People speaking a language other than English at home

24.8%% of people aged 5 and over

New Mexico 31.3%, U.S. 22.3%

2020–2024.

Says nothing about English ability: many of these people also speak English very well. Based on a sample survey with large margins of error for census tracts; no margin of error is given for the share.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS table C16001: population aged 5 and over minus people who speak only English at home, divided by the population aged 5 and over, times 100. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages spoken at home

Language groupSharePeople
English only75.2%48,812 ± 1,080
Spanish20.9%13,551 ± 1,012
Other and unspecified languages2.2%1,444 ± 295
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.5%317 ± 148
German or other West Germanic languages0.4%231 ± 89
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages0.2%162 ± 100
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)0.2%126 ± 98
Korean0.1%73 ± 104
Russian, Polish or other Slavic languages0.1%45 ± 35
Vietnamese0.1%40 ± 72
French, Haitian or Cajun0.1%35 ± 29
Other Indo-European languages0.0%30 ± 36
Arabic0.0%8 ± 19

2020–2024. Of 64,874 residents aged five and over. Shares are calculated by Marsadata from the published counts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.