Gila vs White Signal

A side-by-side comparison of Gila and White Signal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gila has the higher population (417 vs 200 in White Signal). Gila has the higher median home value ($262,000 vs $250,000 in White Signal). Since 2019, Gila's population has grown faster (+84.5% vs -18.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Gila	White Signal
Population	417	200
Median age	56.2 yrs	77.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$92,500
Median home value	$262,000	$250,000
Housing units	149	108
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gila	White Signal
Population	226 → 417 (+84.5%)	244 → 200 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$86,169 → $91,667 (+6.4%)	$52,262 → $92,500 (+77.0%)
Median home value	$239,300 → $262,000 (+9.5%)	$289,100 → $250,000 (-13.5%)

Gila

Population

226417

Median household income

$86,169$91,667

Median home value

$239,300$262,000

White Signal

Population

244200

Median household income

$52,262$92,500

Median home value

$289,100$250,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gila	White Signal
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	23.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	29.7%	27.0%
65 to 74	5.0%	13.5%
75 and over	16.1%	59.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gila	White Signal
White (non-Hispanic)	24.9%	78.0%
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%	15.5%
Two or more races	19.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	55.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gila	White Signal
No high school diploma	19.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.6%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	53.1%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	41.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gila	White Signal
Drove alone	100.0%	22.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	77.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gila	White Signal
1-unit, detached	81.9%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Gila	White Signal
Poverty rate	36.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.92	1.85
Median year structure built	1948	2000