Black Rock vs Rock Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Black Rock and Rock Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rock Springs has the higher population (1,166 vs 1,108 in Black Rock). Rock Springs has the higher median household income ($93,333 vs $55,350 in Black Rock). Black Rock has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $17,100 in Rock Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Black Rock	Rock Springs
Population	1,108	1,166
Median age	28.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,350	$93,333
Median home value	$80,000	$17,100
Median gross rent	$705	—
Housing units	335	312
Homeownership rate	24.1%	98.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Rock	Rock Springs
Population	1,656 → 1,108 (-33.1%)	506 → 1,166 (+130.4%)
Median household income	$37,632 → $55,350 (+47.1%)	$66,250 → $93,333 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $80,000 (+23.8%)	$73,200 → $17,100 (-76.6%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $705 (+19.5%)	—

Black Rock

Population

1,6561,108

Median household income

$37,632$55,350

Median home value

$64,600$80,000

Median gross rent

$590$705

Rock Springs

Population

5061,166

Median household income

$66,250$93,333

Median home value

$73,200$17,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Rock	Rock Springs
Under 5	8.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	14.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	23.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	6.6%	3.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.4%
75 and over	2.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Rock	Rock Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	82.0%	100.0%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Rock	Rock Springs
No high school diploma	13.5%	14.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Rock	Rock Springs
Drove alone	75.2%	96.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	1.8%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Rock	Rock Springs
1-unit, detached	55.2%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Black Rock	Rock Springs
Poverty rate	26.7%	22.8%
Average household size	3.61	4.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1997	1994