Bluewater vs Continental Divide

A side-by-side comparison of Bluewater and Continental Divide: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluewater has the higher population (241 vs 174 in Continental Divide). Since 2019, Continental Divide's population has grown faster (+128.9% vs +6.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewater	Continental Divide
Population	241	174
Median age	60.8 yrs	74.2 yrs
Median household income	$121,083	—
Median home value	$268,100	—
Housing units	129	55
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewater	Continental Divide
Population	226 → 241 (+6.6%)	76 → 174 (+128.9%)
Median household income	$135,727 → $121,083 (-10.8%)	—
Median home value	$247,400 → $268,100 (+8.4%)	—

Bluewater

Population

226241

Median household income

$135,727$121,083

Median home value

$247,400$268,100

Continental Divide

Population

76174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewater	Continental Divide
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	23.6%
45 to 54	24.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	43.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	19.1%	18.4%
75 and over	12.9%	35.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewater	Continental Divide
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	13.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	63.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	39.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewater	Continental Divide
No high school diploma	19.1%	18.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewater	Continental Divide
Drove alone	40.2%	35.9%
Carpooled	36.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	64.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	23.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewater	Continental Divide
1-unit, detached	62.8%	58.2%
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	37.2%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Bluewater	Continental Divide
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.27	3.16
Median year structure built	1990	—