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La Luz CDP, New Mexico: commercial real estate data.
La Luz CDP is a Census CDP of 1,797 people across 10.68 square miles of land, in Otero County. Median household income is $46,655, 76.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $114,500.
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La Luz
What La Luz is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area10.68 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land168 plus or minus 59
- County holding the largest share of its areaOtero County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Luz
How many people live in La Luz
- Population1,797 plus or minus 629
- Median age41.9
- Population under 18278 plus or minus 132
- Share under 1815.5 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over389 plus or minus 154
- Share 65 and over21.6 percent
- Households727 plus or minus 242
- Family households337 plus or minus 206
- Share of households that are families46.4 percent plus or minus 23.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Luz
Income and work in La Luz
- Median household income$46,655 plus or minus $28,758
- Per capita income$30,086
- Civilian labor force1,058 plus or minus 499
- Employed779 plus or minus 328
- Unemployed279 plus or minus 231
- Unemployment rate26.4 percent plus or minus 17.9
- Adults 25 and over1,088 plus or minus 367
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.0 percent plus or minus 44.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.5 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Luz
Housing in La Luz
- Housing units884 plus or minus 253
- Occupied units727 plus or minus 242
- Vacant units157 plus or minus 93
- Vacancy rate17.8 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Owner occupied553 plus or minus 250
- Renter occupied174 plus or minus 87
- Ownership rate76.1 percent plus or minus 23.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$68,100 plus or minus $34,221
- Median gross rent, monthly$765 plus or minus $295
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent plus or minus 14.3
- Single family units390 plus or minus 118
- Share single family44.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more46 plus or minus 60
- Share in buildings of two or more5.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes448 plus or minus 252
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Luz
How La Luz gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute687 plus or minus 312
- Commuting under 15 minutes282 plus or minus 226
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.0 percent plus or minus 27.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more32 plus or minus 47
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more4.7 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Drove alone69.0 percent plus or minus 37.3
- Carpooled1.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked20.8 percent plus or minus 26.3
- Worked from home8.3 percent plus or minus 9.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Luz
SBA loans in La Luz (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$114,500
- Average approval$114,500
- Median approval$114,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$114,500
- Largest approval$114,500
- Jobs supported40
- Jobs per approval40.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Otero County, not La Luz
Otero County context, not La Luz figures
These are Otero County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as La Luz measurements.
- Establishments in Otero County988
- Employment at those establishments, Otero County12,847
- Covered employment, Otero County17,528
- Average annual pay, Otero County$50,017
- Average weekly wage, Otero County$962
- Housing units permitted, Otero County6
- Of those, single family, Otero County6
- County product, 2024, Otero County$3,794,842,000
- County product change over the prior year, Otero County3.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Otero County$47,340
Every figure in this section is published for Otero County as a whole and is not a measurement of La Luz. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
La Luz questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in La Luz, New Mexico?
1,797, in 727 households. La Luz CDP covers 10.68 square miles of land, which is 168 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is La Luz in?
Otero County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in La Luz?
$46,655. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $68,100. Median gross rent is $765 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to La Luz businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $114,500, across 1 lenders, median approval $114,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in La Luz, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to La Luz borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for La Luz. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page La Luz figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Otero County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of La Luz.
Is zoning published for La Luz?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.