Average household size:
| This place: |  4.2 people | | New Mexico: |  2.6 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This place: | 86.4% | | Whole state: | 68.8% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This place: | 16.7% | | Whole state: | 6.4% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This place: | 44.3% | | Whole state: | 18.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This place: | 33.8% | | Whole state: | 7.8% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rock Springs, NM
Rock Springs compared to New Mexico state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in McKinley County New Mexico:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Wood (20%)
- Electricity (5%)
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Religion statistics for Rock Springs
| Name | Catholic Church | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Southern Baptist Convention | Christian Reformed Church in North America | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
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| Adherents | 55.0% | 16.7% | 8.0% | 5.4% | 3.2% |
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| Congregations | 16.0% | 14.8% | 8.6% | 11.1% | 9.9% |
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| Name | Assemblies of God | United Methodist Church | Church of the Nazarene | Conservative Baptist Association of America | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 4.9% |
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| Congregations | 9.9% | 1.2% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 22.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
8.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,477 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.20% | | New Mexico average: | 7.94% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($147 average AGI)| McKinley County: | 0.05% | | New Mexico average: | 0.21% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
9.37% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,952 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.37% | | New Mexico average: | 7.42% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Rock Springs:
- KHAC (880 AM; 43 kW; TSE BONITO, NM; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
- KGAK (1330 AM; 5 kW; GALLUP, NM; Owner: KRJG, INC.)
- KTHR (1230 AM; 1 kW; GALLUP, NM; Owner: MILLENNIUM MEDIA, INC.)
- KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KMIA (710 AM; 50 kW; BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KRKE (1100 AM; 5 kW; MILAN, NM; Owner: CIBOLA RADIO COMPANY)
- KENN (1390 AM; 10 kW; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: WINTON ROAD BROADCASTING CO, LLC)
- KFNX (1100 AM; 50 kW; CAVE CREEK, AZ; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- KFLT (830 AM; 50 kW; TUCSON, AZ; Owner: FAMILY LIFE B/CING SYSTEM, INC.)
- KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KNDN (960 AM; 5 kW; FARMINGTON, NM; Owner: BASIN BROADCASTING CO.)
- KPXQ (1360 AM; 50 kW; GLENDALE, AZ; Owner: COMMON GROUND BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rock Springs:
- KGLX (99.1 FM; GALLUP, NM; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KGLP (91.7 FM; GALLUP, NM; Owner: GALLUP PUBLIC RADIO)
- KXXI (93.7 FM; GALLUP, NM; Owner: MILLENNIUM MEDIA, INC.)
- KWRK (96.1 FM; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
- KYVA (103.7 FM; GRANTS, NM; Owner: MILLENNIUM MEDIA, INC.)
- KKOR (94.5 FM; GALLUP, NM; Owner: MILLENNIUM MEDIA, INC.)
- KWIM (102.7 FM; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: WESTERN INDIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KFMQ (106.1 FM; GALLUP, NM; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- K207CQ (89.3 FM; GALLUP, NM; Owner: CONNECTION COMMUNICATIONS ASSOC., INC.)
- K203ED (88.5 FM; GALLUP, NM; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- K215EG (90.9 FM; GALLUP, NM; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- K271AB (102.1 FM; GALLUP, NM; Owner: MILLENNIUM MEDIA, INC.,)
TV broadcast stations around Rock Springs:
- K08HQ (Channel 8; CHINLE, AZ; Owner: KOB-TV, LLC)
- K48GK (Channel 48; GALLUP, NM; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
- K39EW (Channel 39; GALLUP, NM; Owner: KOB-TV, LLC)
- K23FE (Channel 23; GALLUP, NM; Owner: REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO)
- K46FN (Channel 46; GALLUP, NM; Owner: CITY OF GALLUP, NEW MEXICO)
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