Virden vs Windmill

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

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

Virden has the higher population (192 vs 65 in Windmill). Virden has the higher median household income ($112,500 vs $76,250 in Windmill). Since 2019, Virden's population has grown faster (+51.2% vs -30.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Virden	Windmill
Population	192	65
Median age	51.4 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,500	$76,250
Median home value	$203,800	—
Housing units	102	41
Homeownership rate	91.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Virden	Windmill
Population	127 → 192 (+51.2%)	93 → 65 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $112,500 (+90.1%)	$62,738 → $76,250 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $203,800 (+87.7%)	$47,700 → $52,800 (+10.7%)

Virden

Population

127192

Median household income

$59,167$112,500

Median home value

$108,600$203,800

Windmill

Population

9365

Median household income

$62,738$76,250

Median home value

$47,700$52,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Virden	Windmill
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	33.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	30.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	29.2%
75 and over	6.8%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Virden	Windmill
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	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	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Virden	Windmill
No high school diploma	2.9%	22.4%
High school graduate	19.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Virden	Windmill
Drove alone	78.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	14.7%	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	6.7%	15.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Virden	Windmill
1-unit, detached	75.5%	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	24.5%	73.2%

Poverty & households

	Virden	Windmill
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1998	2006