Prewitt vs White Cliffs

A side-by-side comparison of Prewitt and White Cliffs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prewitt has the higher population (645 vs 610 in White Cliffs). White Cliffs has the higher median household income ($93,095 vs $22,966 in Prewitt). Since 2019, White Cliffs's population has grown faster (+24.7% vs -15.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Prewitt	White Cliffs
Population	645	610
Median age	16.6 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$22,966	$93,095
Median home value	$30,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$868
Housing units	253	128
Homeownership rate	96.1%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	36.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prewitt	White Cliffs
Population	759 → 645 (-15.0%)	489 → 610 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$25,893 → $22,966 (-11.3%)	$79,196 → $93,095 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$872 → $868 (-0.5%)

Prewitt

Population

759645

Median household income

$25,893$22,966

White Cliffs

Population

489610

Median household income

$79,196$93,095

Median gross rent

$872$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prewitt	White Cliffs
Under 5	3.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	50.7%	21.6%
18 to 24	2.3%	2.6%
25 to 34	0.8%	46.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	3.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	6.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	0.0%
75 and over	4.0%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prewitt	White Cliffs
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	99.2%	87.7%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prewitt	White Cliffs
No high school diploma	36.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prewitt	White Cliffs
Drove alone	83.3%	62.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	37.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prewitt	White Cliffs
1-unit, detached	66.0%	16.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.0%	83.6%

Poverty & households

	Prewitt	White Cliffs
Poverty rate	61.4%	9.8%
Average household size	3.62	4.77
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1982	1999