Lobo Canyon vs Mount Taylor

A side-by-side comparison of Lobo Canyon and Mount Taylor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Taylor has the higher population (482 vs 431 in Lobo Canyon). Mount Taylor has the higher median household income ($110,083 vs $88,951 in Lobo Canyon). Since 2019, Mount Taylor's population has grown faster (+77.9% vs +33.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lobo Canyon	Mount Taylor
Population	431	482
Median age	68.8 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,951	$110,083
Median home value	$164,500	—
Housing units	266	230
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lobo Canyon	Mount Taylor
Population	323 → 431 (+33.4%)	271 → 482 (+77.9%)
Median household income	$74,243 → $88,951 (+19.8%)	$108,625 → $110,083 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$142,400 → $164,500 (+15.5%)	—

Lobo Canyon

Population

323431

Median household income

$74,243$88,951

Median home value

$142,400$164,500

Mount Taylor

Population

271482

Median household income

$108,625$110,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lobo Canyon	Mount Taylor
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.1%	26.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	29.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	36.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	4.1%
65 to 74	89.1%	3.9%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lobo Canyon	Mount Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	27.1%	48.3%
Black or African American	65.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	51.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lobo Canyon	Mount Taylor
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.3%	3.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lobo Canyon	Mount Taylor
Drove alone	82.5%	95.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lobo Canyon	Mount Taylor
1-unit, detached	83.8%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Lobo Canyon	Mount Taylor
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.2%
Average household size	1.80	2.99
Median year structure built	1983	1983