Grants vs Mesita

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

Grants and Mesita 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 823 in Mesita). Mesita has the higher median household income ($239,141 vs $49,286 in Grants). Since 2019, Grants's population has grown faster (+0.8% vs -0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Grants	Mesita
Population	9,106	823
Median age	33.8 yrs	19.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,286	$239,141
Median home value	$123,600	—
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	3,445	81
Homeownership rate	56.0%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	19.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grants	Mesita
Population	9,036 → 9,106 (+0.8%)	825 → 823 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$41,475 → $49,286 (+18.8%)	$34,583 → $239,141 (+591.5%)
Median home value	$101,900 → $123,600 (+21.3%)	$79,400 → $39,000 (-50.9%)
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

Mesita

Population

825823

Median household income

$34,583$239,141

Median home value

$79,400$39,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grants	Mesita
Under 5	9.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	45.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	15.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	2.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	5.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	0.0%
75 and over	7.5%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grants	Mesita
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	0.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.2%	98.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	60.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grants	Mesita
No high school diploma	18.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grants	Mesita
Drove alone	69.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	26.4%
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	Mesita
1-unit, detached	56.0%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	11.1%
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%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Grants	Mesita
Poverty rate	30.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.80	15.60
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1974	1981