Lemitar vs Socorro

A side-by-side comparison of Lemitar and Socorro: population, income, housing, and more.

Lemitar and Socorro are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Socorro has the higher population (8,540 vs 432 in Lemitar). Lemitar has the higher median household income ($92,201 vs $51,343 in Socorro). Since 2019, Socorro's population has grown faster (+0.9% vs -33.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lemitar	Socorro
Population	432	8,540
Median age	24.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,201	$51,343
Median home value	—	$162,400
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	205	3,679
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemitar	Socorro
Population	653 → 432 (-33.8%)	8,460 → 8,540 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$48,918 → $92,201 (+88.5%)	$41,271 → $51,343 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $128,300 (+9.8%)	$135,600 → $162,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$636 → $675 (+6.1%)

Lemitar

Population

653432

Median household income

$48,918$92,201

Median home value

$116,900$128,300

Socorro

Population

8,4608,540

Median household income

$41,271$51,343

Median home value

$135,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$636$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemitar	Socorro
Under 5	15.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	34.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	21.5%
25 to 34	21.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	2.8%	11.4%
75 and over	8.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemitar	Socorro
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	34.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	79.9%	51.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemitar	Socorro
No high school diploma	8.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	59.7%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	10.2%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemitar	Socorro
Drove alone	100.0%	70.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemitar	Socorro
1-unit, detached	61.5%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	38.5%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Lemitar	Socorro
Poverty rate	6.7%	24.9%
Average household size	2.90	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1987	1979