Hagerman vs Lake Arthur

A side-by-side comparison of Hagerman and Lake Arthur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hagerman has the higher population (599 vs 438 in Lake Arthur). Lake Arthur has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $68,750 in Hagerman). Lake Arthur has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $72,900 in Hagerman).

Population, income & housing

	Hagerman	Lake Arthur
Population	599	438
Median age	44.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$81,875
Median home value	$72,900	$113,900
Median gross rent	$640	$728
Housing units	305	153
Homeownership rate	84.2%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hagerman	Lake Arthur
Population	790 → 599 (-24.2%)	479 → 438 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $68,750 (+100.0%)	$34,688 → $81,875 (+136.0%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $72,900 (+8.6%)	$82,000 → $113,900 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $640 (-0.2%)	$675 → $728 (+7.9%)

Hagerman

Population

790599

Median household income

$34,375$68,750

Median home value

$67,100$72,900

Median gross rent

$641$640

Lake Arthur

Population

479438

Median household income

$34,688$81,875

Median home value

$82,000$113,900

Median gross rent

$675$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hagerman	Lake Arthur
Under 5	0.7%	0.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	20.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	21.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.9%
75 and over	11.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hagerman	Lake Arthur
White (non-Hispanic)	22.5%	33.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	75.0%	65.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hagerman	Lake Arthur
No high school diploma	45.0%	21.8%
High school graduate	23.9%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hagerman	Lake Arthur
Drove alone	79.1%	98.6%
Carpooled	13.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hagerman	Lake Arthur
1-unit, detached	61.6%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.1%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Hagerman	Lake Arthur
Poverty rate	10.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.71	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1975	1969