With 21,023 people, Gallup is a city in New Mexico. The poverty rate is 26.8%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 24% of adults. 52% of homes are owner-occupied. This skews young, with a median age of 34.4. The typical home is worth $165,200, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $58,303, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Gallup
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share34.7% → 23.8%(−10.9 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Homes owned by their occupants60.5% → 52.1%(−8.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree16.2% → 23.5%(+7.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Gallup's population equals 30% of McKinley County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 69% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 52% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)41.2%(365)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.1%(222)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.1%(249)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0.3%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 886 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Gallup, decade by decade
Gallup population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
19,154
$63,895
$162,965
16.2%
84.7
2000
20,209
$63,517
$158,302
21.3%
84.6
2010
21,678
$62,937
$170,758
21.3%
85.0
2020
21,899
$55,456
$164,231
20.9%
85.1
2024
21,023
$58,303
$165,200
23.5%
77.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
