Continental Divide vs Jamestown

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

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

Continental Divide has the higher population (174 vs 152 in Jamestown). Since 2019, Continental Divide's population has grown faster (+128.9% vs +17.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Continental Divide	Jamestown
Population	174	152
Median age	74.2 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,779
Median home value	—	$117,300
Housing units	55	84
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Continental Divide	Jamestown
Population	76 → 174 (+128.9%)	129 → 152 (+17.8%)
Median household income	—	$65,870 → $51,779 (-21.4%)
Median home value	—	$154,900 → $117,300 (-24.3%)

Continental Divide

Population

76174

Jamestown

Population

129152

Median household income

$65,870$51,779

Median home value

$154,900$117,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Continental Divide	Jamestown
Under 5	0.0%	21.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	23.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	18.4%	9.9%
75 and over	35.1%	38.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Continental Divide	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	13.8%	48.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	63.2%	16.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	34.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Continental Divide	Jamestown
No high school diploma	18.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Continental Divide	Jamestown
Drove alone	35.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	64.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Continental Divide	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	58.2%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	25.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Continental Divide	Jamestown
Poverty rate	0.0%	34.9%
Average household size	3.16	2.20
Median year structure built	—	1999