Bayard vs Santa Clara

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

Bayard and Santa Clara 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 1,751 in Santa Clara). Santa Clara has the higher median household income ($46,094 vs $33,269 in Bayard). Santa Clara has the higher median home value ($120,900 vs $118,100 in Bayard).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Santa Clara
Population	2,370	1,751
Median age	24.6 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,269	$46,094
Median home value	$118,100	$120,900
Median gross rent	$653	$710
Housing units	1,151	836
Homeownership rate	63.9%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Santa Clara
Population	2,442 → 2,370 (-2.9%)	1,766 → 1,751 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$36,892 → $33,269 (-9.8%)	$33,063 → $46,094 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $118,100 (+32.5%)	$79,000 → $120,900 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $653 (+2.7%)	$714 → $710 (-0.6%)

Bayard

Population

2,4422,370

Median household income

$36,892$33,269

Median home value

$89,100$118,100

Median gross rent

$636$653

Santa Clara

Population

1,7661,751

Median household income

$33,063$46,094

Median home value

$79,000$120,900

Median gross rent

$714$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Santa Clara
Under 5	8.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	21.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	20.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	2.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	6.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	16.4%
75 and over	6.6%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	23.9%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	79.1%	75.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	12.7%	24.1%
High school graduate	23.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Santa Clara
Drove alone	62.8%	92.0%
Carpooled	30.4%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	6.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	63.5%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	31.6%	30.0%
Average household size	2.97	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	15	13
Median year structure built	1967	1966