2024 presidential election
El Cerro Mission
TrumpR+8.8
Constituent county margins for El Cerro Mission, NMOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 53.2% | 669 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 44.5% | 559 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.3% | 29 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | +16.1% |
| 2012 | +17.2% |
| 2016 | +9.6% |
| 2020 | −0.3% |
| 2024 | −8.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
5 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 44.5%Harris559 | 53.2%Trump669 | 2.3% | 1,257 | ||
| R | 48.3%Biden601 | 48.6%Trump605 | 3.1%incl. Jorgensen | 1,245 | ||
| D | 47.7%Clinton549 | 38.1%Trump438 | 14.2%incl. Johnson | 1,151 | ||
| D | 58.6%Obama592 | 41.4%Romney418 | 0.0% | 1,010 | ||
| D | 57.8%Obama616 | 41.7%McCain444 | 0.6% | 1,066 |
Demographics
Demographic profile
Demographic Profile
Key indicators compared across containing geographies
| Indicator | El Cerro MissionCity | New MexicoState | United StatesNation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race & Ethnicity | |||
| White | 31.4% | 47.8% | 61.0% |
| Black | 0.0% | 2.1% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 1.1% | 1.7% | 6.0% |
| Two or more races | 52.7% | 25.8% | 12.6% |
| Other race | 14.8% | 22.6% | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 79.1% | 48.4% | 19.3% |
| Income & Age | |||
| Median household income | $49,470 | $64,059 | $84,427 |
| Poverty rate | 25.0% | 17.9% | 12.5% |
| Median age | 34.9 | 39.7 | 39.1 |
| Age 18–24 | 8.4% | 9.4% | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 18.6% | 19.2% | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher (25+) | 20.9% | 30.6% | 35.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 28.0% | 31.4% | 22.3% |
| Spanish | 25.3% | 24.5% | 13.6% |
| Other languages | 1.8% | 4.5% | 0.8% |
| Ancestry | |||
| Largest ancestry | Mexican 38.9% | Mexican 32.4% | German 12.5% |
| 2nd-largest ancestry | English 7.5% | German 8.7% | Mexican 11.3% |
| 3rd-largest ancestry | German 7.2% | English 8.5% | English 9.5% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 35.3%County context | 29.9% | 18.6% |
| Evangelical Protestant | 6.7%County context | 12.9% | 16.5% |
| Unaffiliated or unclaimed | 50.7%County context | 47.5% | 51.5% |
ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.
Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
38.9%
Spaniard
5.0%
Spanish
5.0%
Puerto Rican
0.5%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
English
7.5%
German
7.2%
Irish
5.4%
American
4.6%
Italian
2.0%
Scottish
1.1%
French
1.0%
Swedish
0.8%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Navajo
1.3%
Hopi
0.6%
No single reported group clears the display floor at this geography.
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 34.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$49,470
El Cerro Mission$49,470
New Mexico$64,059
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
25.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.0%
Working age (18–64)16.2%
Seniors (65+)15.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
72.0%
speak English only
Spanish25.3%
Other languages1.8%
Other Indo-European0.3%
German or other West Germanic0.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Korean0.1%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Unaffiliated or not counted50.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.
El Cerro Mission sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.2 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 8.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.8 points.
A population of 5,323, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,470 describe the city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did El Cerro Mission, New Mexico vote in 2024?
In 2024, El Cerro Mission, New Mexico voted Republican by 8.8 points (R+8.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,257 votes cast, 559 went Democratic and 669 went Republican.
What is El Cerro Mission, New Mexico's political typology?
Akashic places El Cerro Mission, New Mexico in the "" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the city has voted Democratic 3 times, Republican 2 times, and other 0 times.
When did El Cerro Mission, New Mexico last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which El Cerro Mission, New Mexico voted Democratic was 2016.
How many people live in El Cerro Mission, New Mexico?
El Cerro Mission, New Mexico has a population of 5,323 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in El Cerro Mission, New Mexico?
Median household income in El Cerro Mission, New Mexico is $49,470 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of El Cerro Mission, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in El Cerro Mission, New Mexico from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The city's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.