Cimarron vs Eagle Nest

A side-by-side comparison of Cimarron and Eagle Nest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cimarron has the higher population (717 vs 270 in Eagle Nest). Eagle Nest has the higher median household income ($47,708 vs $40,673 in Cimarron). Eagle Nest has the higher median home value ($190,000 vs $143,500 in Cimarron).

Population, income & housing

	Cimarron	Eagle Nest
Population	717	270
Median age	56.5 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,673	$47,708
Median home value	$143,500	$190,000
Median gross rent	$659	$950
Housing units	518	368
Homeownership rate	65.8%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	22.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cimarron	Eagle Nest
Population	930 → 717 (-22.9%)	271 → 270 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$29,028 → $40,673 (+40.1%)	$34,500 → $47,708 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $143,500 (+56.1%)	$118,800 → $190,000 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $659 (+12.1%)	$931 → $950 (+2.0%)

Cimarron

Population

930717

Median household income

$29,028$40,673

Median home value

$91,900$143,500

Median gross rent

$588$659

Eagle Nest

Population

271270

Median household income

$34,500$47,708

Median home value

$118,800$190,000

Median gross rent

$931$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cimarron	Eagle Nest
Under 5	4.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	9.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	4.4%
35 to 44	4.7%	3.3%
45 to 54	3.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	19.7%	22.2%
75 and over	19.7%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cimarron	Eagle Nest
White (non-Hispanic)	40.9%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	57.6%	25.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cimarron	Eagle Nest
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	40.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cimarron	Eagle Nest
Drove alone	60.7%	58.1%
Carpooled	34.8%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	24.2%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cimarron	Eagle Nest
1-unit, detached	52.9%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.5%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Cimarron	Eagle Nest
Poverty rate	10.5%	25.9%
Average household size	1.75	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1986	1969