Monument vs Tatum

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

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

Tatum has the higher population (736 vs 437 in Monument). Monument has the higher median home value ($265,900 vs $107,400 in Tatum). Since 2019, Monument's population has grown faster (+226.1% vs +1.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Monument	Tatum
Population	437	736
Median age	26.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median home value	$265,900	$107,400
Median gross rent	—	$943
Housing units	124	377
Homeownership rate	48.4%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monument	Tatum
Population	134 → 437 (+226.1%)	726 → 736 (+1.4%)
Median household income	—	$50,208 → $46,477 (-7.4%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $265,900 (+98.3%)	$90,000 → $107,400 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$718 → $943 (+31.3%)

Monument

Population

134437

Median home value

$134,100$265,900

Tatum

Population

726736

Median household income

$50,208$46,477

Median home value

$90,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$718$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monument	Tatum
Under 5	12.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	28.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	31.8%	26.9%
35 to 44	2.3%	16.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	18.3%	4.5%
65 to 74	1.6%	11.5%
75 and over	2.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monument	Tatum
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	45.1%
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	15.1%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	81.2%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monument	Tatum
No high school diploma	60.8%	15.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monument	Tatum
Drove alone	84.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	15.7%	26.7%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monument	Tatum
1-unit, detached	48.4%	70.8%
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	51.6%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Monument	Tatum
Poverty rate	10.5%	15.7%
Average household size	3.52	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1990	1964