Angel Fire vs Raton

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

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

Raton has the higher population (6,013 vs 1,089 in Angel Fire). Angel Fire has the higher median household income ($79,821 vs $52,007 in Raton). Angel Fire has the higher median home value ($476,200 vs $148,200 in Raton).

Population, income & housing

	Angel Fire	Raton
Population	1,089	6,013
Median age	57.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,821	$52,007
Median home value	$476,200	$148,200
Median gross rent	$1,120	$734
Housing units	2,507	3,331
Homeownership rate	82.6%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Angel Fire	Raton
Population	773 → 1,089 (+40.9%)	6,047 → 6,013 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$59,063 → $79,821 (+35.1%)	$31,034 → $52,007 (+67.6%)
Median home value	$324,600 → $476,200 (+46.7%)	$83,700 → $148,200 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $1,120 (+78.1%)	$723 → $734 (+1.5%)

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

Raton

Population

6,0476,013

Median household income

$31,034$52,007

Median home value

$83,700$148,200

Median gross rent

$723$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Angel Fire	Raton
Under 5	1.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	3.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	5.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	24.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	21.1%	15.7%
75 and over	10.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Angel Fire	Raton
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	40.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	55.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Angel Fire	Raton
No high school diploma	2.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	15.6%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Angel Fire	Raton
Drove alone	44.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.6%	2.6%
Other means	13.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Angel Fire	Raton
1-unit, detached	70.8%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Angel Fire	Raton
Poverty rate	21.0%	20.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1988	1959