Jal vs North Hobbs

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

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

North Hobbs has the higher population (6,099 vs 2,069 in Jal). North Hobbs has the higher median household income ($89,279 vs $60,703 in Jal). North Hobbs has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $105,400 in Jal).

Population, income & housing

	Jal	North Hobbs
Population	2,069	6,099
Median age	43.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,703	$89,279
Median home value	$105,400	$233,200
Median gross rent	$1,155	$1,109
Housing units	947	2,157
Homeownership rate	70.5%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jal	North Hobbs
Population	1,896 → 2,069 (+9.1%)	6,301 → 6,099 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$54,716 → $60,703 (+10.9%)	$70,230 → $89,279 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $105,400 (+48.9%)	$186,000 → $233,200 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,155 (+70.6%)	$1,007 → $1,109 (+10.1%)

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

North Hobbs

Population

6,3016,099

Median household income

$70,230$89,279

Median home value

$186,000$233,200

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jal	North Hobbs
Under 5	2.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	19.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.9%
75 and over	6.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jal	North Hobbs
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	46.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	51.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jal	North Hobbs
No high school diploma	28.3%	17.7%
High school graduate	19.3%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jal	North Hobbs
Drove alone	93.2%	80.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jal	North Hobbs
1-unit, detached	81.3%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Jal	North Hobbs
Poverty rate	21.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.62	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1963	1989