Anthony vs Las Cruces

A side-by-side comparison of Anthony and Las Cruces: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Las Cruces has the higher population (112,612 vs 8,701 in Anthony). Las Cruces has the higher median household income ($55,176 vs $33,141 in Anthony). Las Cruces has the higher median home value ($217,400 vs $110,800 in Anthony).

Population, income & housing

	Anthony	Las Cruces
Population	8,701	112,612
Median age	29.7 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,141	$55,176
Median home value	$110,800	$217,400
Median gross rent	$550	$946
Housing units	3,100	49,809
Homeownership rate	66.1%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthony	Las Cruces
Population	9,310 → 8,701 (-6.5%)	102,102 → 112,612 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$23,948 → $33,141 (+38.4%)	$43,022 → $55,176 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $110,800 (+6.7%)	$155,200 → $217,400 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $550 (-2.0%)	$788 → $946 (+20.1%)

Anthony

Population

9,3108,701

Median household income

$23,948$33,141

Median home value

$103,800$110,800

Median gross rent

$561$550

Las Cruces

Population

102,102112,612

Median household income

$43,022$55,176

Median home value

$155,200$217,400

Median gross rent

$788$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthony	Las Cruces
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	26.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	14.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	7.9%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.4%
75 and over	6.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthony	Las Cruces
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	33.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	59.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthony	Las Cruces
No high school diploma	46.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthony	Las Cruces
Drove alone	83.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthony	Las Cruces
1-unit, detached	56.3%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Anthony	Las Cruces
Poverty rate	36.0%	22.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	34	19
Median year structure built	1991	1989