Ventura is a city of 603 people in New Mexico. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 3% of adults. The poverty rate is 42.1%, above the 12.5% national rate. 88% of homes are owner-occupied. That trails the New Mexico median by roughly 52%. The typical home is worth $116,900, having risen by half since 2023.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $30,867, below the US median
Ventura's population equals 2.4% of Luna County's. Its number of households earning $100,000 or more equals 0.5% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 0.5% 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
Over time
Ventura, decade by decade
Ventura 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
2010
468
$58,715
$142,275
7.1%
63.2
2020
535
$28,483
$81,449
13.5%
67.7
2024
603
$30,867
$116,900
2.7%
68.1
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.
