Cotton City vs Glen Acres

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

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

Glen Acres has the higher population (306 vs 236 in Cotton City). Glen Acres has the higher median household income ($100,982 vs $56,688 in Cotton City). Cotton City has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $138,400 in Glen Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton City	Glen Acres
Population	236	306
Median age	46.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,688	$100,982
Median home value	$191,700	$138,400
Housing units	180	73
Homeownership rate	89.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton City	Glen Acres
Population	333 → 236 (-29.1%)	171 → 306 (+78.9%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $56,688 (+30.8%)	$87,727 → $100,982 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $191,700 (+233.4%)	$86,700 → $138,400 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$773 → $838 (+8.4%)

Cotton City

Population

333236

Median household income

$43,333$56,688

Median home value

$57,500$191,700

Glen Acres

Population

171306

Median household income

$87,727$100,982

Median home value

$86,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$773$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton City	Glen Acres
Under 5	7.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	26.1%
25 to 34	28.4%	1.3%
35 to 44	1.7%	25.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	4.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	21.2%	6.5%
75 and over	3.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton City	Glen Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	9.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.6%	90.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton City	Glen Acres
No high school diploma	33.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton City	Glen Acres
Drove alone	80.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	19.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton City	Glen Acres
1-unit, detached	66.7%	32.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
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	33.3%	61.6%

Poverty & households

	Cotton City	Glen Acres
Poverty rate	8.1%	24.5%
Average household size	2.25	4.19
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1978	1987