Church Rock vs Thoreau

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

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

Thoreau has the higher population (1,795 vs 1,413 in Church Rock). Thoreau has the higher median household income ($43,953 vs $35,417 in Church Rock). Thoreau has the higher median home value ($52,900 vs $36,500 in Church Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Church Rock	Thoreau
Population	1,413	1,795
Median age	30.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$43,953
Median home value	$36,500	$52,900
Median gross rent	$788	$640
Housing units	468	739
Homeownership rate	62.7%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Church Rock	Thoreau
Population	887 → 1,413 (+59.3%)	1,641 → 1,795 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$39,545 → $35,417 (-10.4%)	$19,792 → $43,953 (+122.1%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $36,500 (+7.7%)	$57,700 → $52,900 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $788 (+2.7%)	$674 → $640 (-5.0%)

Church Rock

Population

8871,413

Median household income

$39,545$35,417

Median home value

$33,900$36,500

Median gross rent

$767$788

Thoreau

Population

1,6411,795

Median household income

$19,792$43,953

Median home value

$57,700$52,900

Median gross rent

$674$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Church Rock	Thoreau
Under 5	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	19.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	4.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.4%
75 and over	3.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Church Rock	Thoreau
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	8.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.7%	79.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Church Rock	Thoreau
No high school diploma	18.7%	18.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Church Rock	Thoreau
Drove alone	88.1%	83.7%
Carpooled	2.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Church Rock	Thoreau
1-unit, detached	69.9%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Church Rock	Thoreau
Poverty rate	40.5%	27.5%
Average household size	3.82	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1989	1993