Crownpoint vs Thoreau

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

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

Crownpoint has the higher population (2,924 vs 1,795 in Thoreau). Thoreau has the higher median household income ($43,953 vs $35,926 in Crownpoint). Thoreau has the higher median home value ($52,900 vs $49,900 in Crownpoint).

Population, income & housing

	Crownpoint	Thoreau
Population	2,924	1,795
Median age	33.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,926	$43,953
Median home value	$49,900	$52,900
Median gross rent	$469	$640
Housing units	1,098	739
Homeownership rate	50.5%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crownpoint	Thoreau
Population	2,419 → 2,924 (+20.9%)	1,641 → 1,795 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $35,926 (-15.9%)	$19,792 → $43,953 (+122.1%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $49,900 (-28.2%)	$57,700 → $52,900 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $469 (-20.4%)	$674 → $640 (-5.0%)

Crownpoint

Population

2,4192,924

Median household income

$42,708$35,926

Median home value

$69,500$49,900

Median gross rent

$589$469

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)

	Crownpoint	Thoreau
Under 5	2.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	13.6%
25 to 34	22.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.4%
75 and over	4.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crownpoint	Thoreau
White (non-Hispanic)	1.9%	8.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	91.8%	79.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crownpoint	Thoreau
No high school diploma	13.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	45.2%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crownpoint	Thoreau
Drove alone	86.5%	83.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	7.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crownpoint	Thoreau
1-unit, detached	71.0%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Crownpoint	Thoreau
Poverty rate	31.0%	27.5%
Average household size	3.22	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1984	1993