Lordsburg vs Windmill

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

Lordsburg and Windmill 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 65 in Windmill). Windmill has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $33,899 in Lordsburg). Since 2019, Lordsburg's population has grown faster (-11.2% vs -30.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lordsburg	Windmill
Population	2,139	65
Median age	37.5 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,899	$76,250
Median home value	$86,100	—
Median gross rent	$803	—
Housing units	1,120	41
Homeownership rate	60.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lordsburg	Windmill
Population	2,408 → 2,139 (-11.2%)	93 → 65 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$34,836 → $33,899 (-2.7%)	$62,738 → $76,250 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $86,100 (+23.0%)	$47,700 → $52,800 (+10.7%)
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

Windmill

Population

9365

Median household income

$62,738$76,250

Median home value

$47,700$52,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lordsburg	Windmill
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	30.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	29.2%
75 and over	9.3%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lordsburg	Windmill
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	21.5%
Hispanic or Latino	73.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lordsburg	Windmill
No high school diploma	18.8%	22.4%
High school graduate	45.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lordsburg	Windmill
Drove alone	83.6%	84.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
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%	15.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lordsburg	Windmill
1-unit, detached	64.0%	26.8%
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%	73.2%

Poverty & households

	Lordsburg	Windmill
Poverty rate	25.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1972	2006