Bayard vs Hurley

A side-by-side comparison of Bayard and Hurley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayard has the higher population (2,370 vs 1,137 in Hurley). Hurley has the higher median household income ($41,167 vs $33,269 in Bayard). Bayard has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $82,900 in Hurley).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Hurley
Population	2,370	1,137
Median age	24.6 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,269	$41,167
Median home value	$118,100	$82,900
Median gross rent	$653	$807
Housing units	1,151	659
Homeownership rate	63.9%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Hurley
Population	2,442 → 2,370 (-2.9%)	1,384 → 1,137 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$36,892 → $33,269 (-9.8%)	$39,271 → $41,167 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $118,100 (+32.5%)	$82,000 → $82,900 (+1.1%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $653 (+2.7%)	$828 → $807 (-2.5%)

Bayard

Population

2,4422,370

Median household income

$36,892$33,269

Median home value

$89,100$118,100

Median gross rent

$636$653

Hurley

Population

1,3841,137

Median household income

$39,271$41,167

Median home value

$82,000$82,900

Median gross rent

$828$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Hurley
Under 5	8.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	21.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	20.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	5.8%	1.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	2.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	6.9%	22.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	17.6%
75 and over	6.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Hurley
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	22.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	79.1%	76.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Hurley
No high school diploma	12.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Hurley
Drove alone	62.8%	92.5%
Carpooled	30.4%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	7.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Hurley
1-unit, detached	63.5%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Hurley
Poverty rate	31.6%	13.8%
Average household size	2.97	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1967	1953