Capitan vs Corona

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

Capitan and Corona 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 167 in Corona). Capitan has the higher median household income ($50,299 vs $28,542 in Corona). Capitan has the higher median home value ($128,800 vs $85,600 in Corona).

Population, income & housing

	Capitan	Corona
Population	1,262	167
Median age	52.2 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,299	$28,542
Median home value	$128,800	$85,600
Median gross rent	$914	—
Housing units	812	132
Homeownership rate	93.8%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitan	Corona
Population	1,518 → 1,262 (-16.9%)	121 → 167 (+38.0%)
Median household income	$42,589 → $50,299 (+18.1%)	$24,667 → $28,542 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $128,800 (-15.8%)	$58,900 → $85,600 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $914 (+15.0%)	—

Capitan

Population

1,5181,262

Median household income

$42,589$50,299

Median home value

$152,900$128,800

Median gross rent

$795$914

Corona

Population

121167

Median household income

$24,667$28,542

Median home value

$58,900$85,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitan	Corona
Under 5	2.2%	19.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	7.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	2.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.2%	29.9%
65 to 74	20.0%	16.2%
75 and over	8.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitan	Corona
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	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	1.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.5%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitan	Corona
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitan	Corona
Drove alone	80.5%	31.6%
Carpooled	11.8%	29.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	38.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitan	Corona
1-unit, detached	31.7%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.6%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Capitan	Corona
Poverty rate	11.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.15	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1988	1968