Fort Wingate vs Haystack

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Wingate and Haystack: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Wingate has the higher population (451 vs 347 in Haystack). Fort Wingate has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $19,074 in Haystack). Since 2019, Fort Wingate's population has grown faster (+65.2% vs +62.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wingate	Haystack
Population	451	347
Median age	34.2 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$19,074
Median home value	—	$109,300
Median gross rent	$1,088	—
Housing units	249	131
Homeownership rate	15.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	22.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wingate	Haystack
Population	273 → 451 (+65.2%)	214 → 347 (+62.1%)
Median household income	$223,136 → $250,001 (+12.0%)	$58,333 → $19,074 (-67.3%)
Median home value	—	$37,500 → $109,300 (+191.5%)

Fort Wingate

Population

273451

Median household income

$223,136$250,001

Haystack

Population

214347

Median household income

$58,333$19,074

Median home value

$37,500$109,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Wingate	Haystack
Under 5	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 17	4.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	16.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	52.1%	0.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	1.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	59.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	4.3%
75 and over	0.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wingate	Haystack
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	25.7%	93.7%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wingate	Haystack
No high school diploma	4.0%	77.2%
High school graduate	19.3%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	52.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wingate	Haystack
Drove alone	86.9%	65.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	34.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wingate	Haystack
1-unit, detached	77.9%	26.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	73.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wingate	Haystack
Poverty rate	0.0%	70.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1960	1994