# Cities in New Mexico by average household size, 2024

All 19 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/new-mexico-cities

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lovington, NM | 3.3 |
| 2 | Sunland Park, NM | 3.1 |
| 3 | Gallup, NM | 2.9 |
| 4 | Hobbs, NM | 2.7 |
| 5 | Rio Rancho, NM | 2.7 |
| 6 | Artesia, NM | 2.6 |
| 6 | Farmington, NM | 2.6 |
| 8 | Deming, NM | 2.6 |
| 8 | Los Lunas, NM | 2.6 |
| 10 | Roswell, NM | 2.6 |
| 11 | Española, NM | 2.5 |
| 12 | Clovis, NM | 2.5 |
| 13 | Carlsbad, NM | 2.5 |
| 14 | Portales, NM | 2.4 |
| 15 | Las Cruces, NM | 2.4 |
| 16 | Alamogordo, NM | 2.3 |
| 17 | Albuquerque, NM | 2.3 |
| 18 | Santa Fe, NM | 2.1 |
| 19 | Las Vegas, NM | 2 |