Fort Sumner vs Lake Sumner

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Sumner and Lake Sumner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Sumner has the higher population (958 vs 66 in Lake Sumner). Fort Sumner has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $9,999 in Lake Sumner). Since 2019, Fort Sumner's population has grown faster (-20.8% vs -53.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Sumner	Lake Sumner
Population	958	66
Median age	27.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median home value	$154,000	$9,999
Median gross rent	$715	—
Housing units	548	188
Homeownership rate	77.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	70.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Sumner	Lake Sumner
Population	1,209 → 958 (-20.8%)	142 → 66 (-53.5%)
Median household income	$29,833 → $35,556 (+19.2%)	$107,850 → $50,625 (-53.1%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $154,000 (+190.6%)	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $715 (+11.9%)	—

Fort Sumner

Population

1,209958

Median household income

$29,833$35,556

Median home value

$53,000$154,000

Median gross rent

$639$715

Lake Sumner

Population

14266

Median household income

$107,850$50,625

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Sumner	Lake Sumner
Under 5	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	77.3%
45 to 54	1.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	4.5%
75 and over	9.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Sumner	Lake Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	22.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	85.2%	77.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Sumner	Lake Sumner
No high school diploma	12.8%	51.5%
High school graduate	28.5%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	55.6%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Sumner	Lake Sumner
Drove alone	85.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Sumner	Lake Sumner
1-unit, detached	78.6%	29.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	70.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Sumner	Lake Sumner
Poverty rate	17.2%	51.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	6	—
Median year structure built	1972	1979