Gallup vs Thoreau

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

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

Gallup has the higher population (21,333 vs 1,795 in Thoreau). Gallup has the higher median household income ($57,466 vs $43,953 in Thoreau). Gallup has the higher median home value ($134,600 vs $52,900 in Thoreau).

Population, income & housing

	Gallup	Thoreau
Population	21,333	1,795
Median age	34.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,466	$43,953
Median home value	$134,600	$52,900
Median gross rent	$858	$640
Housing units	7,596	739
Homeownership rate	49.4%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallup	Thoreau
Population	21,854 → 21,333 (-2.4%)	1,641 → 1,795 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$48,065 → $57,466 (+19.6%)	$19,792 → $43,953 (+122.1%)
Median home value	$132,000 → $134,600 (+2.0%)	$57,700 → $52,900 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $858 (+16.7%)	$674 → $640 (-5.0%)

Gallup

Population

21,85421,333

Median household income

$48,065$57,466

Median home value

$132,000$134,600

Median gross rent

$735$858

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)

	Gallup	Thoreau
Under 5	5.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	13.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.4%
75 and over	4.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallup	Thoreau
White (non-Hispanic)	17.6%	8.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	49.8%	79.0%
Asian	3.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallup	Thoreau
No high school diploma	11.4%	18.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallup	Thoreau
Drove alone	83.1%	83.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.6%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallup	Thoreau
1-unit, detached	55.8%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Gallup	Thoreau
Poverty rate	28.1%	27.5%
Average household size	2.93	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1976	1993