Population 122 · Census ACS 2020–24
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Population and households in La Huerta
Household size in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 2.94 | 2.71 | 2.68 |
| 2010–14 | 2.08 | 2.77 | 2.73 |
| 2015–19 | 2.96 | 2.71 | 2.71 |
| 2020–24 | 2.91 | 2.63 | 2.65 |
| Change | −0.03 | −0.07 | −0.03 |
La Huerta is a place of big households: 2.91 people per home on average, compared with 2.65 nationally. Numbers like that usually point to plenty of families with kids.
Household size: the average number of people living in each occupied home. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25010).
Median age in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 39.5 | 37.4 | 37.7 |
| 2010–14 | 50.6 | 38.2 | 38.6 |
| 2015–19 | 37.7 | 39.3 | 39.6 |
| 2020–24 | 30.5 | 40.5 | 40.1 |
| Change | −9.1 | +3.2 | +2.3 |
With a median age of just 30.5, La Huerta is far younger than the country as a whole (40.1), a population that tilts toward young families with children. The median age has dropped from 39.5 in 2006–10, but in a place this small, survey estimates can swing a lot from one release to the next.
Median age: the age that splits residents into two equal halves. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B01002).
Single-parent households in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 7.3% | 14.2% | 12.3% |
| 2010–14 | 4.4% | 14.6% | 12.3% |
| 2015–19 | 10.9% | 13.6% | 11.6% |
| 2020–24 | 23.3% | 14.4% | 11.6% |
| Change | +16.0 pts | +0.1 pts | −0.6 pts |
Single parents head nearly a quarter of households in La Huerta (23.3%), well above the national share of 11.6%.
Single-parent households: households where one adult with no spouse present lives with children under 18. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B11003).
Housing in La Huerta
Renters in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 17.1% | 30.4% | 33.3% |
| 2010–14 | 11.8% | 31.8% | 35.6% |
| 2015–19 | 8.9% | 32.3% | 36.0% |
| 2020–24 | 13.7% | 30.0% | 34.8% |
| Change | −3.4 pts | −0.3 pts | +1.5 pts |
La Huerta is overwhelmingly a place of homeowners: only 13.7% of households rent, far below the national share of 34.8%. Owner-heavy areas like this tend to see less turnover. Among homeowners, 49.7% have no mortgage at all, above the national share of 39.8%.
Renters: occupied homes that are rented rather than owned. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25003).
Vacant homes in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 9.6% | 13.6% | 11.4% |
| 2010–14 | 13.0% | 14.2% | 11.4% |
| 2015–19 | 11.6% | 15.2% | 11.1% |
| 2020–24 | 6.3% | 11.9% | 9.6% |
| Change | −3.2 pts | −1.6 pts | −1.8 pts |
Fewer homes sit empty in La Huerta than nationally: 6.3%, against 9.6% for the U.S.
Vacant homes: homes with no one living in them, including vacation homes and homes for sale or rent. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25002).
Age of homes in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 1969 | 1980 | 1974 |
| 2010–14 | 1985 | 1981 | 1975 |
| 2015–19 | 1976 | 1982 | 1977 |
| 2020–24 | 1986 | 1985 | 1980 |
| Change | +17 | +4 | +6 |
The housing in La Huerta is a little younger than the country's: half of it was built after 1986, against 1980 nationally. The picture is much the same across New Mexico.
Age of homes: the year that splits the housing stock into older and newer halves. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25035).
Rent in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | $576 | $777 | $965 |
| 2010–14 | $856 | $866 | $1,040 |
| 2015–19 | $914 | $943 | $1,213 |
| 2020–24 | $1,676 | $1,188 | $1,571 |
| Change | +$1,100 | +$411 | +$606 |
Rent in La Huerta runs $1,676 a month at the median, utilities included, above the U.S. median of $1,571. Rent takes 28.9% of the typical renter's income, just under the 30% mark often used to define affordable rent.
Rent: monthly rent plus the utilities renters pay themselves. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B25064).
Education in La Huerta
Bachelor's degrees in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 24.9% | 25.0% | 28.4% |
| 2010–14 | 24.6% | 25.5% | 29.6% |
| 2015–19 | 20.0% | 26.7% | 32.1% |
| 2020–24 | 16.3% | 30.2% | 35.6% |
| Change | −8.6 pts | +5.2 pts | +7.2 pts |
Fewer adults in La Huerta have a four-year degree than in the country as a whole: 16.3%, against 35.6% nationally.
Bachelor's degrees: adults 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B15003).
High school graduates in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 85.2% | 82.3% | 84.9% |
| 2010–14 | 87.9% | 83.5% | 86.1% |
| 2015–19 | 89.2% | 85.1% | 87.7% |
| 2020–24 | 90.9% | 87.5% | 89.3% |
| Change | +5.8 pts | +5.2 pts | +4.3 pts |
About nine in ten adults in La Huerta have finished high school (90.9%), a bit above the national rate of 89.3%.
High school graduates: adults 25 and older with a high school diploma, GED or more. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B15003).
Jobs in La Huerta
| Period | La Huerta | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–10 | 5.3% | 7.3% | 8.1% |
| 2010–14 | 5.2% | 9.7% | 9.4% |
| 2015–19 | 8.0% | 6.8% | 5.6% |
| 2020–24 | 1.0% | 6.0% | 5.4% |
| Change | −4.3 pts | −1.3 pts | −2.7 pts |
The job market in La Huerta has been strong: just 1.0% of the labor force was out of work and looking, well below the national rate of 5.4%. Because the Census pools five years of responses (2020–24), these rates smooth over short swings and lag the current job market.
Unemployment: people looking for work as a share of everyone working or looking. Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year block-group estimates (table B23025).
La Huerta compared with nearby cities
| City | Household size | Median age | Single parents | Renters | Vacant homes | Median year built | Median rent | Bachelor's degree | High school diploma | Unemployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Huerta | 2.91 | 30.5 | 23.3% | 13.7% | 6.3% | 1986 | $1,676 | 16.3% | 90.9% | 1.0% |
| Carlsbad | 2.52 | 39.7 | 12.2% | 27.0% | 13.9% | 1976 | $1,181 | 18.2% | 81.0% | 5.6% |
| Carlsbad North | 2.67 | 33.2 | 12.0% | 13.5% | 5.1% | 1990 | $1,655 | 37.8% | 94.8% | 9.2% |
| Otis | 3.01 | 32.2 | 15.4% | 21.4% | 6.0% | 2001 | $1,542 | 15.4% | 87.0% | 1.1% |
| West Carlsbad | 2.64 | 42.2 | 12.0% | 16.5% | 5.8% | 1995 | $1,524 | 16.1% | 87.9% | 4.4% |
| Seven Rivers | 2.97 | 37.7 | 12.4% | 16.9% | 5.9% | 1995 | $1,579 | 22.4% | 89.1% | 5.5% |
| Oil Center | 2.93 | 36.4 | 12.6% | 22.3% | 19.7% | 1984 | $1,097 | 17.4% | 83.0% | 14.9% |
| Eunice | 2.76 | 27.8 | 17.0% | 27.0% | 16.7% | 1978 | $889 | 9.3% | 69.6% | 6.6% |
| Frankel City | 3.58 | 27.4 | 18.2% | 18.8% | 4.9% | 1995 | $1,134 | 29.8% | 83.5% | 0.2% |
| Florey | 3.63 | 29.5 | 7.2% | 20.1% | 10.0% | 1994 | $920 | 15.9% | 59.1% | 2.8% |
| Andrews | 2.74 | 32.4 | 13.2% | 21.5% | 6.1% | 1982 | $1,248 | 17.9% | 76.3% | 2.9% |
All figures 2020–24.
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About these numbers
Every figure on this page is a BestNeighborhood calculation from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS), built up from the Census block groups that make up La Huerta. Each ACS 5-year release pools five years of responses; this page shows the last 15 releases, 2006–10 through 2020–24. Neighboring releases share four of their five years, so they move gradually and small changes between them are within the survey's margin of error; in small places the lines can jump from one release to the next for the same reason. The maps show the same measures for each neighborhood, ranked against the whole country.
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