Los Chaves, New Mexico

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Back to Los Chaves, NM housing info, Valencia County, New Mexico, NM smaller cities, NM small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Los Chaves, NM Valencia County Population in July 2007: 5,396. Males: 2,692   (49.9%) Females: 2,704   (50.1%) Median resident age:   34.9 years New Mexico median age:   34.6 years Zip codes: 87002. Estimated median household income in 2008: $46,633 (it was $38,228 in 2000) Los Chaves:   $46,633 New Mexico:   $43,508 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $23,560 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $143,075 (it was $100,000 in 2000) Los Chaves:   $143,075 New Mexico:   $165,100 Los Chaves, NM residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for:  near:   Races in Los Chaves: Hispanic (54.1%) White Non-Hispanic (42.5%) Other race (26.4%) Two or more races (5.1%) American Indian (2.8%) Black (0.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Los Chaves: 86.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Los Chaves, New Mexico on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Camper attacked  (56 replies) Ancestries: German (11.4%), English (8.5%), Irish (5.9%), United States (4.4%), Italian (2.5%), Scotch-Irish (2.5%). Current Local Time: MST time zone Land area: 10.2 square miles. Population density: 527 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in Los Chaves, New Mexico

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Los Chaves-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above New Mexico state average. It is 33% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/29/1990 at 13:16:10, a magnitude 4.8 (4.5 MB, 4.8 LG, Depth: 7.5 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 20.2 miles away from Los Chaves center
On 11/8/1990 at 10:46:53, a magnitude 4.4 (4.4 MB, 4.3 MD, Depth: 3.8 mi) earthquake occurred 20.7 miles away from the city center
On 1/31/1990 at 01:08:19, a magnitude 4.0 (4.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 21.0 miles away from the city center
On 1/4/1998 at 08:05:31, a magnitude 4.0 (3.6 MB, 4.0 ML, 3.8 MD, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 34.6 miles away from Los Chaves center
On 2/27/1990 at 13:23:22, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MD, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 55.1 miles away from the city center
On 11/15/1990 at 07:25:24, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MD, Depth: 4.0 mi) earthquake occurred 20.2 miles away from Los Chaves center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Notable location: Belen North Interchange (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.9 people
New Mexico:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	77.4%
Whole state:	68.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	7.5%
Whole state:	6.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
• Gay men: 0.5% of all households

This place:	15.8%
Whole state:	18.4%

This place:	9.1%
Whole state:	7.8%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Los Chaves, NM

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Here		56.1%
USA		50.2%

8.32% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,202 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.32%
New Mexico average:	7.94%

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($240 average AGI)

Valencia County:	0.06%
New Mexico average:	0.21%

from Bernalillo County, NM	3.29% ($34,822 average AGI)
from Socorro County, NM	0.27% ($25,705)
from Dona Ana County, NM	0.20% ($23,667)

7.47% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,498 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.47%
New Mexico average:	7.42%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

to Bernalillo County, NM	3.57% ($30,732 average AGI)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.22% ($36,083)
to Sandoval County, NM	0.21% ($32,739)

• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"