Grants vs Paraje

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

Grants and Paraje 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 1,405 in Paraje). Grants has the higher median household income ($49,286 vs $30,284 in Paraje). Since 2019, Paraje's population has grown faster (+55.6% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Grants	Paraje
Population	9,106	1,405
Median age	33.8 yrs	24.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,286	$30,284
Median home value	$123,600	—
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	3,445	369
Homeownership rate	56.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grants	Paraje
Population	9,036 → 9,106 (+0.8%)	903 → 1,405 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$41,475 → $49,286 (+18.8%)	$24,125 → $30,284 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$101,900 → $123,600 (+21.3%)	$55,000 → $40,400 (-26.5%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $750 (+9.3%)	$215 → $213 (-0.9%)

Grants

Population

9,0369,106

Median household income

$41,475$49,286

Median home value

$101,900$123,600

Median gross rent

$686$750

Paraje

Population

9031,405

Median household income

$24,125$30,284

Median home value

$55,000$40,400

Median gross rent

$215$213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grants	Paraje
Under 5	9.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	27.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	19.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	5.3%
75 and over	7.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grants	Paraje
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	1.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.2%	96.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	60.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grants	Paraje
No high school diploma	18.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	67.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grants	Paraje
Drove alone	69.7%	47.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	40.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.8%
Other means	3.6%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grants	Paraje
1-unit, detached	56.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Grants	Paraje
Poverty rate	30.5%	51.7%
Average household size	2.80	4.64
Mean commute (minutes)	14	12
Median year structure built	1974	1970