Cimarron vs Raton

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

Cimarron 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 717 in Cimarron). Raton has the higher median household income ($52,007 vs $40,673 in Cimarron). Raton has the higher median home value ($148,200 vs $143,500 in Cimarron).

Population, income & housing

	Cimarron	Raton
Population	717	6,013
Median age	56.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,673	$52,007
Median home value	$143,500	$148,200
Median gross rent	$659	$734
Housing units	518	3,331
Homeownership rate	65.8%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cimarron	Raton
Population	930 → 717 (-22.9%)	6,047 → 6,013 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$29,028 → $40,673 (+40.1%)	$31,034 → $52,007 (+67.6%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $143,500 (+56.1%)	$83,700 → $148,200 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $659 (+12.1%)	$723 → $734 (+1.5%)

Cimarron

Population

930717

Median household income

$29,028$40,673

Median home value

$91,900$143,500

Median gross rent

$588$659

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)

	Cimarron	Raton
Under 5	4.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	18.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	4.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	3.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	19.7%	15.7%
75 and over	19.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cimarron	Raton
White (non-Hispanic)	40.9%	40.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	57.6%	55.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cimarron	Raton
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	40.1%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cimarron	Raton
Drove alone	60.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	34.8%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	4.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cimarron	Raton
1-unit, detached	52.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	41.5%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Cimarron	Raton
Poverty rate	10.5%	20.7%
Average household size	1.75	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1986	1959