Strathmore first appeared as a
census designated place in the
1960 U.S. census; The age distribution was 33.1% under the age of 18, 11.0% aged 18 to 24, 25.4% aged 25 to 44, 20.0% aged 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 29.0years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.6 males age 18 and over. The whole population lived in households. There were 745 households, out of which 54.0% included children under the age of 18, 51.4% were married-couple households, 7.9% were
cohabiting couple households, 22.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 18.1% had a male householder with no partner present. 12.9% of households were one person, and 5.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.80. There were 769 housing units at an average density of , of which 745 (96.9%) were occupied and 24 (3.1%) were vacant. Of occupied units, 51.8% were owner-occupied and 48.2% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%, and the rental vacancy rate was 0.3%.
2010 census At the
2010 census Strathmore had a population of 2,819. The population density was . The racial makeup of Strathmore was 1,490 (52.9%) White, 12 (0.4%) African American, 41 (1.5%) Native American, 7 (0.2%) Asian, 1 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 1,162 (41.2%) from
other races, and 106 (3.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,238 persons (79.4%). The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. There were 705 households, 422 (59.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 411 (58.3%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 130 (18.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 54 (7.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 51 (7.2%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 4 (0.6%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 93 households (13.2%) were one person and 40 (5.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.00. There were 595 families (84.4% of households); the average family size was 4.35. The age distribution was 1,051 people (37.3%) under the age of 18, 340 people (12.1%) aged 18 to 24, 696 people (24.7%) aged 25 to 44, 531 people (18.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 201 people (7.1%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 25.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.1 males. There were 751 housing units at an average density of 529.1 per square mile, of the occupied units 366 (51.9%) were owner-occupied and 339 (48.1%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.4%. 1,475 people (52.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,344 people (47.7%) lived in rental housing units. ==Politics==