Bayard vs Little Walnut Village

A side-by-side comparison of Bayard and Little Walnut Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Bayard and Little Walnut Village 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 1,520 in Little Walnut Village). Little Walnut Village has the higher median household income ($100,170 vs $33,269 in Bayard). Little Walnut Village has the higher median home value ($278,600 vs $118,100 in Bayard).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Little Walnut Village
Population	2,370	1,520
Median age	24.6 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,269	$100,170
Median home value	$118,100	$278,600
Median gross rent	$653	—
Housing units	1,151	813
Homeownership rate	63.9%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Little Walnut Village
Population	2,442 → 2,370 (-2.9%)	1,886 → 1,520 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$36,892 → $33,269 (-9.8%)	$86,691 → $100,170 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $118,100 (+32.5%)	$234,700 → $278,600 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $653 (+2.7%)	$1,622 → $1,644 (+1.4%)

Bayard

Population

2,4422,370

Median household income

$36,892$33,269

Median home value

$89,100$118,100

Median gross rent

$636$653

Little Walnut Village

Population

1,8861,520

Median household income

$86,691$100,170

Median home value

$234,700$278,600

Median gross rent

$1,622$1,644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Little Walnut Village
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	20.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	5.8%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.0%
45 to 54	2.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	6.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	21.6%
75 and over	6.6%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Little Walnut Village
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	71.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	79.1%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Little Walnut Village
No high school diploma	12.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	23.6%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Little Walnut Village
Drove alone	62.8%	68.2%
Carpooled	30.4%	29.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Little Walnut Village
1-unit, detached	63.5%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Little Walnut Village
Poverty rate	31.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.97	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1967	1982