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Tucumcari city, New Mexico: commercial real estate data.
Tucumcari city is a Census city of 5,160 people across 9.51 square miles of land, in Quay County. Median household income is $31,844, 68.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.8 m.
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Tucumcari
What Tucumcari is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.51 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land543
- County holding the largest share of its areaQuay 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.
Tucumcari
How many people live in Tucumcari
- Population5,160
- Median age44.7
- Population under 181,104 plus or minus 278
- Share under 1821.4 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Population 65 and over966 plus or minus 201
- Share 65 and over18.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households2,720
- Family households1,391
- Share of households that are families51.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tucumcari
Income and work in Tucumcari
- Median household income$31,844 plus or minus $10,988
- Per capita income$28,999
- Civilian labor force2,418
- Employed2,146
- Unemployed272 plus or minus 175
- Unemployment rate11.2 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over3,646
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.5 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tucumcari
Housing in Tucumcari
- Housing units3,203
- Occupied units2,720
- Vacant units483 plus or minus 213
- Vacancy rate15.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied1,866
- Renter occupied854 plus or minus 254
- Ownership rate68.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$64,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$704 plus or minus $154
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.5 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Single family units2,618
- Share single family81.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more343 plus or minus 195
- Share in buildings of two or more10.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Mobile homes242 plus or minus 103
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tucumcari
How Tucumcari gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,062
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,889
- Share commuting under 15 minutes91.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more63 plus or minus 67
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more3.1 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Drove alone83.6 percent
- Carpooled8.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home2.9 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tucumcari
SBA loans in Tucumcari (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$3,770,000
- Average approval$3,770,000
- Median approval$3,770,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,770,000
- Largest approval$3,770,000
- Jobs supported18
- Jobs per approval18.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 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.
Tucumcari
SBA loans in Tucumcari (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$4,336,000
- Average approval$4,336,000
- Median approval$4,336,000
- Largest approval$4,336,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Quay County, not Tucumcari
Quay County context, not Tucumcari figures
These are Quay County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tucumcari measurements.
- Establishments in Quay County214
- Employment at those establishments, Quay County1,779
- Covered employment, Quay County2,508
- Average annual pay, Quay County$43,268
- Average weekly wage, Quay County$832
- County product, 2024, Quay County$353,624,000
- County product change over the prior year, Quay County-9.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Quay County$52,000
Every figure in this section is published for Quay County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tucumcari. 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 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
Tucumcari questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tucumcari, New Mexico?
5,160, in 2,720 households. Tucumcari city covers 9.51 square miles of land, which is 543 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tucumcari in?
Quay 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 Tucumcari?
$31,844. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $64,100. Median gross rent is $704 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tucumcari businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $3.8 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $3,770,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $4.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tucumcari, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tucumcari borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tucumcari. 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 Tucumcari figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Quay 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 Tucumcari.
Is zoning published for Tucumcari?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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