Capitan vs Carrizozo

A side-by-side comparison of Capitan and Carrizozo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Capitan has the higher population (1,262 vs 959 in Carrizozo). Capitan has the higher median household income ($50,299 vs $26,121 in Carrizozo). Capitan has the higher median home value ($128,800 vs $80,200 in Carrizozo).

Population, income & housing

	Capitan	Carrizozo
Population	1,262	959
Median age	52.2 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,299	$26,121
Median home value	$128,800	$80,200
Median gross rent	$914	$618
Housing units	812	603
Homeownership rate	93.8%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitan	Carrizozo
Population	1,518 → 1,262 (-16.9%)	760 → 959 (+26.2%)
Median household income	$42,589 → $50,299 (+18.1%)	$29,196 → $26,121 (-10.5%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $128,800 (-15.8%)	$73,600 → $80,200 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $914 (+15.0%)	$575 → $618 (+7.5%)

Capitan

Population

1,5181,262

Median household income

$42,589$50,299

Median home value

$152,900$128,800

Median gross rent

$795$914

Carrizozo

Population

760959

Median household income

$29,196$26,121

Median home value

$73,600$80,200

Median gross rent

$575$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitan	Carrizozo
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	7.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	4.8%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	21.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	20.0%	14.9%
75 and over	8.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitan	Carrizozo
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	21.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.5%	66.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitan	Carrizozo
No high school diploma	3.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	37.2%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitan	Carrizozo
Drove alone	80.5%	87.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitan	Carrizozo
1-unit, detached	31.7%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.6%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Capitan	Carrizozo
Poverty rate	11.4%	27.7%
Average household size	2.15	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1988	1949