Portales.
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New Mexico·Roosevelt County
3 tracts·12K people·$133K median·1,504/mi²
Hispanic 50 · White 41 · Multiracial 6 · Other 1 · Black 1 · Asian 1
Living alone 38 · Other 31 · Married couple 30
Health 39 · Retail 18 · Manufacturing 15 · Leisure 14 · Professional 8 · Public admin 4 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 36 · Service 27 · Sales · office 16 · Production · transport 15 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 81 · Carpool 19 · Walk 5 · Work from home 4 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Portales is $133,400 (Census ACS) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Portales has 11,968 residents across 3 census tracts and 3 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 27.1; the population is 49.8% Hispanic or Latino, 41.4% White, 6.2% Multiracial, 1.0% Other, 0.9% Black and 0.7% Asian; the average household has 2.4 people; 25.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 28.1% (Census ACS).
BROWN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (73%), VALENCIA ELEMENTARY (40%) and JAMES ELEMENTARY (37%) lead the elementary schools; LINDSEY-STEINER ELEMENTARY (37%) and PORTALES JR HIGH (33%) lead the middle schools; PORTALES HIGH is the high school with reported scores (20%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $903/month, 43% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Portales is $50,555 a year, 41% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Portales, median rent is $903/month and the median home value is $133,400 (Census ACS).
Portales reported 6.9 violent crimes and 18.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 92°F; winter lows average 25°F; there are 39 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 17 inches; snowfall averages 8 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Portales are inland flooding (100), strong wind (99) and winter weather (99), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.06g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Portales, 4.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).