Mora vs Wagon Mound

A side-by-side comparison of Mora and Wagon Mound: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wagon Mound has the higher population (587 vs 518 in Mora). Mora has the higher median household income ($69,063 vs $41,823 in Wagon Mound). Since 2019, Wagon Mound's population has grown faster (+119.0% vs -35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Mora	Wagon Mound
Population	518	587
Median age	42.1 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,063	$41,823
Median home value	$213,600	—
Median gross rent	—	$611
Housing units	381	349
Homeownership rate	84.3%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mora	Wagon Mound
Population	807 → 518 (-35.8%)	268 → 587 (+119.0%)
Median household income	$35,530 → $69,063 (+94.4%)	$35,500 → $41,823 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $213,600 (+197.9%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$486 → $611 (+25.7%)

Mora

Population

807518

Median household income

$35,530$69,063

Median home value

$71,700$213,600

Wagon Mound

Population

268587

Median household income

$35,500$41,823

Median gross rent

$486$611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mora	Wagon Mound
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	9.2%
18 to 24	22.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	6.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	37.6%
65 to 74	24.7%	20.8%
75 and over	10.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mora	Wagon Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	31.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	64.3%	68.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mora	Wagon Mound
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	0.0%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	55.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mora	Wagon Mound
Drove alone	49.1%	41.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	47.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.9%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mora	Wagon Mound
1-unit, detached	65.6%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Mora	Wagon Mound
Poverty rate	8.1%	15.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1956	1938