Mosquero vs Roy

A side-by-side comparison of Mosquero and Roy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roy has the higher population (321 vs 38 in Mosquero). Roy has the higher median household income ($40,227 vs $19,375 in Mosquero). Mosquero has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $50,600 in Roy).

Population, income & housing

	Mosquero	Roy
Population	38	321
Median age	71.6 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$19,375	$40,227
Median home value	$85,000	$50,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,055
Housing units	66	219
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mosquero	Roy
Population	55 → 38 (-30.9%)	188 → 321 (+70.7%)
Median household income	$23,438 → $19,375 (-17.3%)	$22,120 → $40,227 (+81.9%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $85,000 (-17.6%)	$51,300 → $50,600 (-1.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$547 → $1,055 (+92.9%)

Mosquero

Population

5538

Median household income

$23,438$19,375

Median home value

$103,100$85,000

Roy

Population

188321

Median household income

$22,120$40,227

Median home value

$51,300$50,600

Median gross rent

$547$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mosquero	Roy
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	5.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	2.6%	24.6%
65 to 74	39.5%	16.5%
75 and over	31.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mosquero	Roy
White (non-Hispanic)	42.1%	18.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
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%	20.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	57.9%	53.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mosquero	Roy
No high school diploma	30.3%	17.0%
High school graduate	18.2%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	9.1%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	42.4%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mosquero	Roy
Drove alone	50.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	50.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mosquero	Roy
1-unit, detached	89.4%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
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	10.6%	36.5%

Poverty & households

	Mosquero	Roy
Poverty rate	31.6%	27.1%
Average household size	1.73	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1938	1964