Barton vs Cedar Crest

A side-by-side comparison of Barton and Cedar Crest: population, income, housing, and more.

Barton and Cedar Crest are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barton has the higher population (1,601 vs 746 in Cedar Crest). Cedar Crest has the higher median household income ($143,750 vs $83,849 in Barton). Barton has the higher median home value ($336,300 vs $254,200 in Cedar Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Barton	Cedar Crest
Population	1,601	746
Median age	48.1 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,849	$143,750
Median home value	$336,300	$254,200
Housing units	628	490
Homeownership rate	88.4%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton	Cedar Crest
Population	1,451 → 1,601 (+10.3%)	691 → 746 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$70,800 → $83,849 (+18.4%)	$85,484 → $143,750 (+68.2%)
Median home value	$270,100 → $336,300 (+24.5%)	$321,900 → $254,200 (-21.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,701 → $859 (-49.5%)

Barton

Population

1,4511,601

Median household income

$70,800$83,849

Median home value

$270,100$336,300

Cedar Crest

Population

691746

Median household income

$85,484$143,750

Median home value

$321,900$254,200

Median gross rent

$1,701$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton	Cedar Crest
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	29.2%	5.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.8%	5.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	3.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	39.9%
65 to 74	22.2%	14.7%
75 and over	4.4%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton	Cedar Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.5%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton	Cedar Crest
No high school diploma	5.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	5.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton	Cedar Crest
Drove alone	78.5%	87.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton	Cedar Crest
1-unit, detached	75.3%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Barton	Cedar Crest
Poverty rate	6.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.69	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1998	1985