Radium Springs vs White Sands

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

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

Radium Springs has the higher population (1,661 vs 1,577 in White Sands). White Sands has the higher median household income ($87,059 vs $50,000 in Radium Springs). Since 2019, White Sands's population has grown faster (+26.6% vs +13.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Radium Springs	White Sands
Population	1,661	1,577
Median age	33.6 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$87,059
Median home value	$132,100	—
Median gross rent	$747	$1,288
Housing units	546	461
Homeownership rate	81.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Radium Springs	White Sands
Population	1,467 → 1,661 (+13.2%)	1,246 → 1,577 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$43,596 → $50,000 (+14.7%)	$56,250 → $87,059 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $132,100 (+20.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$629 → $747 (+18.8%)	$1,069 → $1,288 (+20.5%)

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

White Sands

Population

1,2461,577

Median household income

$56,250$87,059

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Radium Springs	White Sands
Under 5	1.0%	15.8%
5 to 17	24.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	38.7%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	3.8%
55 to 64	7.9%	6.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	0.8%
75 and over	2.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Radium Springs	White Sands
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	65.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	48.2%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Radium Springs	White Sands
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	35.6%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Radium Springs	White Sands
Drove alone	97.8%	65.1%
Carpooled	1.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.6%
Worked from home	1.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Radium Springs	White Sands
1-unit, detached	35.2%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	64.8%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Radium Springs	White Sands
Poverty rate	13.7%	1.1%
Average household size	3.04	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	11
Median year structure built	1988	2003