Grants vs Laguna

A side-by-side comparison of Grants and Laguna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grants has the higher population (9,106 vs 786 in Laguna). Since 2019, Grants's population has grown faster (+0.8% vs -26.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Grants	Laguna
Population	9,106	786
Median age	33.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,286	—
Median home value	$123,600	—
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	3,445	287
Homeownership rate	56.0%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	29.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grants	Laguna
Population	9,036 → 9,106 (+0.8%)	1,075 → 786 (-26.9%)
Median household income	$41,475 → $49,286 (+18.8%)	$40,956 → $41,905 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$101,900 → $123,600 (+21.3%)	$77,900 → $45,800 (-41.2%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $750 (+9.3%)	—

Grants

Population

9,0369,106

Median household income

$41,475$49,286

Median home value

$101,900$123,600

Median gross rent

$686$750

Laguna

Population

1,075786

Median household income

$40,956$41,905

Median home value

$77,900$45,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grants	Laguna
Under 5	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	15.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	20.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	20.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.4%
75 and over	7.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grants	Laguna
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	10.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.2%	75.8%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	60.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grants	Laguna
No high school diploma	18.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grants	Laguna
Drove alone	69.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grants	Laguna
1-unit, detached	56.0%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Grants	Laguna
Poverty rate	30.5%	35.3%
Average household size	2.80	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1974	2000