Lake Arthur vs Roswell

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

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

Roswell has the higher population (47,823 vs 438 in Lake Arthur). Lake Arthur has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $50,294 in Roswell). Roswell has the higher median home value ($139,200 vs $113,900 in Lake Arthur).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arthur	Roswell
Population	438	47,823
Median age	40.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$50,294
Median home value	$113,900	$139,200
Median gross rent	$728	$840
Housing units	153	20,089
Homeownership rate	73.8%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arthur	Roswell
Population	479 → 438 (-8.6%)	47,941 → 47,823 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$34,688 → $81,875 (+136.0%)	$43,372 → $50,294 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $113,900 (+38.9%)	$105,100 → $139,200 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $728 (+7.9%)	$778 → $840 (+8.0%)

Lake Arthur

Population

479438

Median household income

$34,688$81,875

Median home value

$82,000$113,900

Median gross rent

$675$728

Roswell

Population

47,94147,823

Median household income

$43,372$50,294

Median home value

$105,100$139,200

Median gross rent

$778$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Arthur	Roswell
Under 5	0.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	21.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.2%
75 and over	2.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arthur	Roswell
White (non-Hispanic)	33.8%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	65.5%	61.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arthur	Roswell
No high school diploma	21.8%	19.0%
High school graduate	44.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arthur	Roswell
Drove alone	98.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arthur	Roswell
1-unit, detached	57.5%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arthur	Roswell
Poverty rate	12.1%	24.2%
Average household size	3.37	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1969	1968