Capitan vs Nogal

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

Capitan and Nogal 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 156 in Nogal). Capitan has the higher median household income ($50,299 vs $30,982 in Nogal). Nogal has the higher median home value ($135,400 vs $128,800 in Capitan).

Population, income & housing

	Capitan	Nogal
Population	1,262	156
Median age	52.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,299	$30,982
Median home value	$128,800	$135,400
Median gross rent	$914	—
Housing units	812	73
Homeownership rate	93.8%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitan	Nogal
Population	1,518 → 1,262 (-16.9%)	140 → 156 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$42,589 → $50,299 (+18.1%)	$38,571 → $30,982 (-19.7%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $128,800 (-15.8%)	$131,300 → $135,400 (+3.1%)
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

Nogal

Population

140156

Median household income

$38,571$30,982

Median home value

$131,300$135,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitan	Nogal
Under 5	2.2%	13.5%
5 to 17	19.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.0%
55 to 64	21.2%	25.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	17.9%
75 and over	8.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitan	Nogal
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	98.1%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitan	Nogal
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.7%
High school graduate	37.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitan	Nogal
Drove alone	80.5%	47.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	51.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitan	Nogal
1-unit, detached	31.7%	58.9%
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%	41.1%

Poverty & households

	Capitan	Nogal
Poverty rate	11.4%	41.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1988	1994