Raton vs Springer

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

Raton and Springer 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 1,098 in Springer). Raton has the higher median household income ($52,007 vs $48,188 in Springer). Raton has the higher median home value ($148,200 vs $94,800 in Springer).

Population, income & housing

	Raton	Springer
Population	6,013	1,098
Median age	44.8 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,007	$48,188
Median home value	$148,200	$94,800
Median gross rent	$734	$549
Housing units	3,331	670
Homeownership rate	68.3%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raton	Springer
Population	6,047 → 6,013 (-0.6%)	782 → 1,098 (+40.4%)
Median household income	$31,034 → $52,007 (+67.6%)	$34,792 → $48,188 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $148,200 (+77.1%)	$69,600 → $94,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $734 (+1.5%)	$442 → $549 (+24.2%)

Raton

Population

6,0476,013

Median household income

$31,034$52,007

Median home value

$83,700$148,200

Median gross rent

$723$734

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)

	Raton	Springer
Under 5	4.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	4.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	24.4%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.0%
75 and over	8.7%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raton	Springer
White (non-Hispanic)	40.7%	35.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	55.0%	64.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raton	Springer
No high school diploma	10.2%	14.4%
High school graduate	40.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raton	Springer
Drove alone	80.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	13.3%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	8.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raton	Springer
1-unit, detached	71.8%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Raton	Springer
Poverty rate	20.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1959	1963