Gamerco vs Thoreau

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

Gamerco 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 1,583 in Gamerco). Thoreau has the higher median household income ($43,953 vs $40,938 in Gamerco). Since 2019, Thoreau's population has grown faster (+9.4% vs -3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Gamerco	Thoreau
Population	1,583	1,795
Median age	28.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,938	$43,953
Median home value	—	$52,900
Median gross rent	$646	$640
Housing units	458	739
Homeownership rate	46.7%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gamerco	Thoreau
Population	1,646 → 1,583 (-3.8%)	1,641 → 1,795 (+9.4%)
Median household income	—	$19,792 → $43,953 (+122.1%)
Median home value	—	$57,700 → $52,900 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$674 → $640 (-5.0%)

Gamerco

Population

1,6461,583

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)

	Gamerco	Thoreau
Under 5	20.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	13.6%
25 to 34	26.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	3.2%	9.4%
75 and over	3.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gamerco	Thoreau
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	8.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	43.1%	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	6.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	50.2%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gamerco	Thoreau
No high school diploma	6.9%	18.3%
High school graduate	48.7%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gamerco	Thoreau
Drove alone	93.5%	83.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.7%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gamerco	Thoreau
1-unit, detached	1.1%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	87.6%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Gamerco	Thoreau
Poverty rate	60.2%	27.5%
Average household size	3.42	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	15	33
Median year structure built	1976	1993