Church Rock vs Rock Springs

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

Church 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.

Church Rock has the higher population (1,413 vs 1,166 in Rock Springs). Rock Springs has the higher median household income ($93,333 vs $35,417 in Church Rock). Church Rock has the higher median home value ($36,500 vs $17,100 in Rock Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Church Rock	Rock Springs
Population	1,413	1,166
Median age	30.3 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$93,333
Median home value	$36,500	$17,100
Median gross rent	$788	—
Housing units	468	312
Homeownership rate	62.7%	98.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Church Rock	Rock Springs
Population	887 → 1,413 (+59.3%)	506 → 1,166 (+130.4%)
Median household income	$39,545 → $35,417 (-10.4%)	$66,250 → $93,333 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $36,500 (+7.7%)	$73,200 → $17,100 (-76.6%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $788 (+2.7%)	—

Church Rock

Population

8871,413

Median household income

$39,545$35,417

Median home value

$33,900$36,500

Median gross rent

$767$788

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)

	Church Rock	Rock Springs
Under 5	7.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	23.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	19.2%	16.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	23.2%
45 to 54	4.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	3.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.4%
75 and over	3.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Church Rock	Rock Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.7%	100.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Church Rock	Rock Springs
No high school diploma	18.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Church Rock	Rock Springs
Drove alone	88.1%	96.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Church Rock	Rock Springs
1-unit, detached	69.9%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Church Rock	Rock Springs
Poverty rate	40.5%	22.8%
Average household size	3.82	4.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1989	1994