Cotton City vs Windmill

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

Cotton City and Windmill 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 65 in Windmill). Windmill has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $56,688 in Cotton City). Since 2019, Cotton City's population has grown faster (-29.1% vs -30.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton City	Windmill
Population	236	65
Median age	46.6 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,688	$76,250
Median home value	$191,700	—
Housing units	180	41
Homeownership rate	89.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton City	Windmill
Population	333 → 236 (-29.1%)	93 → 65 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $56,688 (+30.8%)	$62,738 → $76,250 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $191,700 (+233.4%)	$47,700 → $52,800 (+10.7%)

Cotton City

Population

333236

Median household income

$43,333$56,688

Median home value

$57,500$191,700

Windmill

Population

9365

Median household income

$62,738$76,250

Median home value

$47,700$52,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton City	Windmill
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	28.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	1.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	30.8%
65 to 74	21.2%	29.2%
75 and over	3.8%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton City	Windmill
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	78.5%
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%	21.5%
Hispanic or Latino	74.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton City	Windmill
No high school diploma	33.3%	22.4%
High school graduate	38.5%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton City	Windmill
Drove alone	80.7%	84.2%
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%	15.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton City	Windmill
1-unit, detached	66.7%	26.8%
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%	73.2%

Poverty & households

	Cotton City	Windmill
Poverty rate	8.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1978	2006