Jal vs Monument

A side-by-side comparison of Jal and Monument: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jal has the higher population (2,069 vs 437 in Monument). Monument has the higher median home value ($265,900 vs $105,400 in Jal). Since 2019, Monument's population has grown faster (+226.1% vs +9.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Jal	Monument
Population	2,069	437
Median age	43.7 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,703	—
Median home value	$105,400	$265,900
Median gross rent	$1,155	—
Housing units	947	124
Homeownership rate	70.5%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jal	Monument
Population	1,896 → 2,069 (+9.1%)	134 → 437 (+226.1%)
Median household income	$54,716 → $60,703 (+10.9%)	—
Median home value	$70,800 → $105,400 (+48.9%)	$134,100 → $265,900 (+98.3%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,155 (+70.6%)	—

Jal

Population

1,8962,069

Median household income

$54,716$60,703

Median home value

$70,800$105,400

Median gross rent

$677$1,155

Monument

Population

134437

Median home value

$134,100$265,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jal	Monument
Under 5	2.0%	12.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	28.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	31.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	2.3%
45 to 54	19.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	18.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	1.6%
75 and over	6.8%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jal	Monument
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	3.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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%	15.1%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	81.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jal	Monument
No high school diploma	28.3%	60.8%
High school graduate	19.3%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jal	Monument
Drove alone	93.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	1.9%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jal	Monument
1-unit, detached	81.3%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	51.6%

Poverty & households

	Jal	Monument
Poverty rate	21.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.62	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1963	1990