Cimarron vs Springer

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

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

Springer has the higher population (1,098 vs 717 in Cimarron). Springer has the higher median household income ($48,188 vs $40,673 in Cimarron). Cimarron has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $94,800 in Springer).

Population, income & housing

	Cimarron	Springer
Population	717	1,098
Median age	56.5 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,673	$48,188
Median home value	$143,500	$94,800
Median gross rent	$659	$549
Housing units	518	670
Homeownership rate	65.8%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cimarron	Springer
Population	930 → 717 (-22.9%)	782 → 1,098 (+40.4%)
Median household income	$29,028 → $40,673 (+40.1%)	$34,792 → $48,188 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $143,500 (+56.1%)	$69,600 → $94,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $659 (+12.1%)	$442 → $549 (+24.2%)

Cimarron

Population

930717

Median household income

$29,028$40,673

Median home value

$91,900$143,500

Median gross rent

$588$659

Springer

Population

7821,098

Median household income

$34,792$48,188

Median home value

$69,600$94,800

Median gross rent

$442$549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cimarron	Springer
Under 5	4.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	9.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	4.8%
35 to 44	4.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	3.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	24.4%
65 to 74	19.7%	11.0%
75 and over	19.7%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cimarron	Springer
White (non-Hispanic)	40.9%	35.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	57.6%	64.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cimarron	Springer
No high school diploma	7.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cimarron	Springer
Drove alone	60.7%	75.2%
Carpooled	34.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.4%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cimarron	Springer
1-unit, detached	52.9%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.5%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Cimarron	Springer
Poverty rate	10.5%	17.0%
Average household size	1.75	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1986	1963