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San Juan County

Population in July 2007: 6,645.
Males: 3,289  (49.5%)
Females: 3,356  (50.5%)
Median resident age:  27.4 years
New Mexico median age:  34.6 years

Zip codes: 87417.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $58,233 (it was $45,000 in 2000)
Kirtland:  $58,233
New Mexico:  $41,452

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $142,426 (it was $74,000 in 2000)
Kirtland:  $142,426
New Mexico:  $155,400

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Races in Kirtland:

  • American Indian (51.1%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (40.1%)
  • Hispanic (9.5%)
  • Other race (4.3%)
  • Two or more races (3.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Kirtland: 81.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: English (7.0%), United States (6.4%), Irish (6.0%), German (5.0%), French (1.5%), Scottish (1.2%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 5185 feet

Land area: 11.7 square miles.

Population density: 569 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Kirtland

  • High school or higher: 82.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
  • Unemployed: 8.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Kirtland CDP

  • Never married: 33.3%
  • Now married: 53.5%
  • Separated: 1.4%
  • Widowed: 3.6%
  • Divorced: 8.3%

148 residents are foreign born (1.3% Latin America, 0.6% Asia, 0.5% Europe).

This place:  2.4%
New Mexico:  8.2%



According to our research there were 5 registered sex offenders living in Kirtland, New Mexico in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Kirtland to the number of sex offenders is 1329 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this place is near the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Kirtland:  0.6% ($453)
New Mexico:  0.7% ($699)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Rio Rancho, NM (153.0 miles , pop. 51,765).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Albuquerque, NM (164.3 miles , pop. 448,607).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (339.1 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Ojo Amarillo, NM (3.6 miles ), Upper Fruitland, NM (3.7 miles ), Nenahnezad, NM (4.6 miles ), Napi HQ, NM (10.7 miles ), Farmington, NM (10.9 miles ), Burnham, NM (13.1 miles ), Flora Vista, NM (18.7 miles ), Shiprock, NM (23.6 miles ).

Latitude: 36.74 N, Longitude: 108.35 W

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (15%)
  • Utilities (15%)
  • Mining (11%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (18%)
  • Health care (18%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Personal and laundry services (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Extraction workers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Electricians (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Kirtland:
  • LIFECOURSE CENTER FOR REHAB SERVICES (about 14 miles; FARMINGTON, NM)
  • SAN JUAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 14 miles; FARMINGTON, NM)
  • PHS INDIAN HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; SHIPROCK, NM)

Political contributions by individuals in Kirtland, NM

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Kirtland:
  • FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL (about 10 miles; FARMINGTON, NM; ID: FMN)
  • CORTEZ MUNI (about 43 miles; CORTEZ, CO; ID: CEZ)
  • DURANGO-LA PLATA COUNTY (about 50 miles; DURANGO, CO; ID: DRO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kirtland:
  • AZTEC MUNI (about 24 miles; AZTEC, NM; ID: Q19)
  • SHIPROCK AIRSTRIP (about 25 miles; SHIPROCK, NM; ID: 5V5)
  • ANIMAS AIR PARK (about 46 miles; DURANGO, CO; ID: 00C)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Kirtland:
  • SAN JUAN COLLEGE (about 15 miles; FARMINGTON, NM; Full-time enrollment: 2,837)
  • FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (about 52 miles; DURANGO, CO; FT enrollment: 4,051)
  • MESA STATE COLLEGE (about 161 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; FT enrollment: 4,415)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO-MAIN CAMPUS (about 165 miles; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; FT enrollment: 18,780)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ALBUQUERQUE NM CAMPUS (about 165 miles; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; FT enrollment: 3,261)
  • ALBUQUERQUE TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE (about 166 miles; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; FT enrollment: 9,188)
  • WESTERN STATE COLLEGE COLORADO (about 167 miles; GUNNISON, CO; FT enrollment: 2,199)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • Kirtland is a lovley place to live i have lived there for over 17 years witch is all my life i was born 1987 and have loved it sence its wonderful hot in the summer and cold in the winter its your perfect town and state added by Jessica

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Notable locations in Kirtland: Macu Racetrack (A), Fruitland Weather Station (B), CGP-56 Historic Site (C), Fruitland Trading Company (D), Brigham Young Junior House Historic Site (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Kirtland include: Deeper Faith Ministries Church (A), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (B), First Baptist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Kirtland Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Stevens Arroyo (A), Coolidge Arroyo (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post offices: Kirtland Post Office (A), Fruitland Post Office (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Kirtland and their reported violations in the past:

LOWER VALLEY WATER USERS ASSOCIATION (Population served: 8624, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-22-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-22-1999), St Public Notif received (DEC-24-1999)
Past monitoring violations:
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This place:  3.4 people
New Mexico:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  83.3%
Whole state:  68.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  7.4%
Whole state:  6.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  14.8%
Whole state:  18.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  3.6%
Whole state:  7.8%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Kirtland, NM


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Kirtland compared to New Mexico state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Kirtland (2007 data):
  • Bank of the Southwest: Kirtland Branch at U.S. Highway 550 And County Road 61, branch established on 1973-07-02. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $132.1 mil, Deposits: $111.4 mil, headquarters in Roswell, NM, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 14 total offices, Holding Company: New Mexico National Financial Incorporated



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2004 Presidential Election results in San Juan County New Mexico:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (73%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
  • Electricity (4%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • Other fuel (2%)

7.64% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,027 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.64%
New Mexico average:  7.94%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($940 average AGI)
San Juan County:  0.07%
New Mexico average:  0.21%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from McKinley County, NM  1.55% ($22,080 average AGI)
from Bernalillo County, NM  0.50% ($29,241)
from Apache County, AZ  0.49% ($24,600)


8.38% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,627 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.38%
New Mexico average:  7.42%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($134 average AGI)
San Juan County:  0.05%
New Mexico average:  0.14%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to McKinley County, NM  1.71% ($21,497 average AGI)
to Apache County, AZ  0.69% ($27,027)
to Bernalillo County, NM  0.68% ($28,983)


Strongest AM radio stations in Kirtland:
  • KNDN (960 AM; 5 kW; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: BASIN BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KENN (1390 AM; 10 kW; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: WINTON ROAD BROADCASTING CO, LLC)
  • KRZE (1280 AM; 5 kW; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: J. THOMAS DEVELOPMENT OF NM, INC.)
  • KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
  • KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KLLV (550 AM; daytime; 2 kW; BREEN, CO; Owner: DAYSTAR RADIO, LTD.)
  • KIUP (930 AM; 5 kW; DURANGO, CO; Owner: FOUR CORNERS BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KCQL (1340 AM; 1 kW; AZTEC, NM; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KVFC (740 AM; 1 kW; CORTEZ, CO; Owner: WINTON ROAD BROADCASTING CO., LLC)
  • KMIA (710 AM; 50 kW; BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Kirtland:
  • KNMI (88.9 FM; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: NAVAJO MISSIONS, INC.)
  • KISZ-FM1 (97.9 FM; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: WINTON ROAD BROADCASTING CO, LLC)
  • K287AC (105.3 FM; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: KUTE, INC.)
  • KWYK-FM (94.9 FM; AZTEC, NM; Owner: BASIN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • K230AF (93.9 FM; KIRTLAND, NM; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KRWN (92.9 FM; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: WINTON ROAD BROADCASTING CO, LLC)
  • KSJE (90.9 FM; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: SAN JUAN COLLEGE)
  • KPCL (95.7 FM; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: VOICE MINISTRIES OF FARMINGTON)
  • KRTZ (98.7 FM; CORTEZ, CO; Owner: WINTON ROAD BROADCASTING CO., LLC)
  • KTGW (91.7 FM; FRUITLAND, NM; Owner: NATIVE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN VOICE, INC)
  • K257DQ (99.3 FM; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: BEN F. STINSON III)
  • K232DA (94.3 FM; HESPERUS, CO; Owner: NATIVE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN VOICE, INC.)
  • K237CR (95.3 FM; HESPERUS, CO; Owner: NATIVE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN VOICE, INC.)
  • KDAG (96.9 FM; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KAZX (102.9 FM; KIRTLAND, NM; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KTRA-FM (102.1 FM; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KIQX (101.3 FM; DURANGO, CO; Owner: FOUR CORNERS BROADCASTINGS, LLC)
  • KRSJ (100.5 FM; DURANGO, CO; Owner: FOUR CORNERS BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KUTE (90.1 FM; IGNACIO, CO; Owner: KUTE, INC.)
  • K210BA (89.9 FM; PURGATORY, ETC., CO; Owner: KUTE, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Kirtland:
  • K08HQ (Channel 8; CHINLE, AZ; Owner: KOB-TV, LLC)
  • K23BT (Channel 23; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: ACME TELEVISION LICENSES OF NEW MEXICO, LLC)
  • K47DR (Channel 47; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: CHRISTIAN B/CING COMMUNICATIONS)
  • K21AX (Channel 21; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • K43AI (Channel 43; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO)
  • KOBF (Channel 12; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: KOB-TV, LLC)
  • K19CM (Channel 19; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: KOAT HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • K27GJ (Channel 27; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: RAYCOM NATIONAL, INC.)


Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)

Kirtland, New Mexico:
  • Fatal accident count: 2
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 3
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 7
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
New Mexico average:
  • Fatal accident count: 126
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 180
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 52
  • Fatalities: 138
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 344
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 21

Kirtland fatal accident list:
Aug 16, 1980 08:45 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 1
Apr 28, 1978 04:30 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1

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