Lordsburg vs Virden

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

Lordsburg and Virden 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 192 in Virden). Virden has the higher median household income ($112,500 vs $33,899 in Lordsburg). Virden has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $86,100 in Lordsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lordsburg	Virden
Population	2,139	192
Median age	37.5 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,899	$112,500
Median home value	$86,100	$203,800
Median gross rent	$803	—
Housing units	1,120	102
Homeownership rate	60.2%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lordsburg	Virden
Population	2,408 → 2,139 (-11.2%)	127 → 192 (+51.2%)
Median household income	$34,836 → $33,899 (-2.7%)	$59,167 → $112,500 (+90.1%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $86,100 (+23.0%)	$108,600 → $203,800 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $803 (+65.6%)	—

Lordsburg

Population

2,4082,139

Median household income

$34,836$33,899

Median home value

$70,000$86,100

Median gross rent

$485$803

Virden

Population

127192

Median household income

$59,167$112,500

Median home value

$108,600$203,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lordsburg	Virden
Under 5	7.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	23.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	33.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	7.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.9%
75 and over	9.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lordsburg	Virden
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	73.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lordsburg	Virden
No high school diploma	18.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	45.1%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lordsburg	Virden
Drove alone	83.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lordsburg	Virden
1-unit, detached	64.0%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.5%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Lordsburg	Virden
Poverty rate	25.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1972	1998