Cotton City vs Virden

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

Cotton City and Virden 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 192 in Virden). Virden has the higher median household income ($112,500 vs $56,688 in Cotton City). Virden has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $191,700 in Cotton City).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton City	Virden
Population	236	192
Median age	46.6 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,688	$112,500
Median home value	$191,700	$203,800
Housing units	180	102
Homeownership rate	89.5%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton City	Virden
Population	333 → 236 (-29.1%)	127 → 192 (+51.2%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $56,688 (+30.8%)	$59,167 → $112,500 (+90.1%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $191,700 (+233.4%)	$108,600 → $203,800 (+87.7%)

Cotton City

Population

333236

Median household income

$43,333$56,688

Median home value

$57,500$191,700

Virden

Population

127192

Median household income

$59,167$112,500

Median home value

$108,600$203,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton City	Virden
Under 5	7.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	23.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	28.4%	5.2%
35 to 44	1.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	33.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	7.8%
65 to 74	21.2%	10.9%
75 and over	3.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton City	Virden
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	93.2%
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%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton City	Virden
No high school diploma	33.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	38.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton City	Virden
Drove alone	80.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	19.3%	14.7%
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%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton City	Virden
1-unit, detached	66.7%	75.5%
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	33.3%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Cotton City	Virden
Poverty rate	8.1%	10.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1978	1998