Hatch vs Radium Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Hatch and Radium Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hatch has the higher population (1,663 vs 1,661 in Radium Springs). Radium Springs has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $40,625 in Hatch). Radium Springs has the higher median home value ($132,100 vs $110,700 in Hatch).

Population, income & housing

	Hatch	Radium Springs
Population	1,663	1,661
Median age	26.8 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$50,000
Median home value	$110,700	$132,100
Median gross rent	$509	$747
Housing units	531	546
Homeownership rate	78.8%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	17.4%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hatch	Radium Springs
Population	1,955 → 1,663 (-14.9%)	1,467 → 1,661 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$24,167 → $40,625 (+68.1%)	$43,596 → $50,000 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $110,700 (+33.2%)	$109,700 → $132,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $509 (+3.0%)	$629 → $747 (+18.8%)

Hatch

Population

1,9551,663

Median household income

$24,167$40,625

Median home value

$83,100$110,700

Median gross rent

$494$509

Radium Springs

Population

1,4671,661

Median household income

$43,596$50,000

Median home value

$109,700$132,100

Median gross rent

$629$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hatch	Radium Springs
Under 5	5.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	28.7%	24.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	18.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	4.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	6.3%	7.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.1%
75 and over	5.7%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hatch	Radium Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	15.3%	50.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	84.7%	48.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hatch	Radium Springs
No high school diploma	45.6%	8.5%
High school graduate	29.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hatch	Radium Springs
Drove alone	82.9%	97.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hatch	Radium Springs
1-unit, detached	65.7%	35.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	64.8%

Poverty & households

	Hatch	Radium Springs
Poverty rate	28.1%	13.7%
Average household size	3.35	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1974	1988