Animas vs Cotton City

A side-by-side comparison of Animas and Cotton City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cotton City has the higher population (236 vs 191 in Animas). Animas has the higher median household income ($100,500 vs $56,688 in Cotton City). Cotton City has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $137,500 in Animas).

Population, income & housing

	Animas	Cotton City
Population	191	236
Median age	37.1 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,500	$56,688
Median home value	$137,500	$191,700
Housing units	113	180
Homeownership rate	80.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Animas	Cotton City
Population	114 → 191 (+67.5%)	333 → 236 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$96,250 → $100,500 (+4.4%)	$43,333 → $56,688 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$133,100 → $137,500 (+3.3%)	$57,500 → $191,700 (+233.4%)

Animas

Population

114191

Median household income

$96,250$100,500

Median home value

$133,100$137,500

Cotton City

Population

333236

Median household income

$43,333$56,688

Median home value

$57,500$191,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Animas	Cotton City
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.9%	28.4%
35 to 44	20.4%	1.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	1.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	20.4%	21.2%
75 and over	0.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Animas	Cotton City
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	25.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.4%	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	16.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	74.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Animas	Cotton City
No high school diploma	0.0%	33.3%
High school graduate	23.7%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Animas	Cotton City
Drove alone	89.8%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Animas	Cotton City
1-unit, detached	59.3%	66.7%
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	40.7%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Animas	Cotton City
Poverty rate	2.6%	8.1%
Average household size	3.18	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1981	1978