Las Cruces

Population & Demographics

Las Cruces, NM

Las Cruces is home to 114,197 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 45,123 resident workers commute each day.

New MexicoCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
114,197
people
Population

114,197 residents

Median age 33.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Las Cruces population & demographics

Who lives in Las Cruces — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
114,197
Median age
33.0yrs
Median household income
$55,422
Median home value
$231,700
Median gross rent
$974/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
36.7%
Poverty rate
22.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Las Cruces

How Las Cruces breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino60.3%
White32.6%
Two or more races2.4%
Black1.9%
Asian1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.8%
Some other race0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Las Cruces

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Las Cruces.

Las Cruces at a glance
Employed Residents
45,123
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
60.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
University Park
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Las Cruces proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Las Cruces commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

77 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Las Cruces

45,123 commutes, one dot at a time

Las Cruces

Where 45,123 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Las Cruces, by worker count.

1Las Cruces0.0 mi27,171
2University Park3.3 mi2,639
3El Paso41.7 mi2,404
4Albuquerque192.2 mi1,954
5Mesilla4.2 mi549
6Alamogordo61.6 mi362
7Radium Springs13.3 mi328
8Anthony23.8 mi313

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Las Cruces.

1Las Cruces0.0 mi27,171
2El Paso41.7 mi2,050
3Albuquerque192.2 mi1,381
4Alamogordo61.6 mi898
5Anthony23.8 mi583
6Deming58.3 mi581
7Roswell149.2 mi524
8San Ysidro3.7 mi499

Top industries

The sectors that employ Las Cruces’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance27.7%
RTRetail Trade15.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.2%
EDEducational Services8.2%
PAPublic Administration6.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.7%
COConstruction5.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.4%
FIFinance and Insurance2.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Las Cruces

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps70%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Las Cruces

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