Cotton City vs Lordsburg

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

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

Lordsburg has the higher population (2,139 vs 236 in Cotton City). Cotton City has the higher median household income ($56,688 vs $33,899 in Lordsburg). Cotton City has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $86,100 in Lordsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton City	Lordsburg
Population	236	2,139
Median age	46.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,688	$33,899
Median home value	$191,700	$86,100
Median gross rent	—	$803
Housing units	180	1,120
Homeownership rate	89.5%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton City	Lordsburg
Population	333 → 236 (-29.1%)	2,408 → 2,139 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $56,688 (+30.8%)	$34,836 → $33,899 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $191,700 (+233.4%)	$70,000 → $86,100 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$485 → $803 (+65.6%)

Cotton City

Population

333236

Median household income

$43,333$56,688

Median home value

$57,500$191,700

Lordsburg

Population

2,4082,139

Median household income

$34,836$33,899

Median home value

$70,000$86,100

Median gross rent

$485$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton City	Lordsburg
Under 5	7.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	28.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	1.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	21.2%	10.4%
75 and over	3.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton City	Lordsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	24.8%
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%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	74.6%	73.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton City	Lordsburg
No high school diploma	33.3%	18.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton City	Lordsburg
Drove alone	80.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	19.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton City	Lordsburg
1-unit, detached	66.7%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Cotton City	Lordsburg
Poverty rate	8.1%	25.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1978	1972