Angel Fire vs Maxwell

A side-by-side comparison of Angel Fire and Maxwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Angel Fire has the higher population (1,089 vs 370 in Maxwell). Angel Fire has the higher median household income ($79,821 vs $36,691 in Maxwell). Angel Fire has the higher median home value ($476,200 vs $77,900 in Maxwell).

Population, income & housing

	Angel Fire	Maxwell
Population	1,089	370
Median age	57.3 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,821	$36,691
Median home value	$476,200	$77,900
Median gross rent	$1,120	$545
Housing units	2,507	166
Homeownership rate	82.6%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Angel Fire	Maxwell
Population	773 → 1,089 (+40.9%)	312 → 370 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$59,063 → $79,821 (+35.1%)	$44,531 → $36,691 (-17.6%)
Median home value	$324,600 → $476,200 (+46.7%)	$66,700 → $77,900 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $1,120 (+78.1%)	$423 → $545 (+28.8%)

Angel Fire

Population

7731,089

Median household income

$59,063$79,821

Median home value

$324,600$476,200

Median gross rent

$629$1,120

Maxwell

Population

312370

Median household income

$44,531$36,691

Median home value

$66,700$77,900

Median gross rent

$423$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Angel Fire	Maxwell
Under 5	1.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	33.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	3.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	5.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	3.8%
55 to 64	24.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	21.1%	7.8%
75 and over	10.7%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Angel Fire	Maxwell
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	24.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	72.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Angel Fire	Maxwell
No high school diploma	2.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	15.6%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Angel Fire	Maxwell
Drove alone	44.7%	66.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.6%	13.0%
Other means	13.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Angel Fire	Maxwell
1-unit, detached	70.8%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Angel Fire	Maxwell
Poverty rate	21.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1988	1965