Alamogordo vs Holloman AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Alamogordo and Holloman AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alamogordo has the higher population (31,063 vs 4,052 in Holloman AFB). Alamogordo has the higher median household income ($52,515 vs $51,205 in Holloman AFB).

Population, income & housing

	Alamogordo	Holloman AFB
Population	31,063	4,052
Median age	37.7 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,515	$51,205
Median home value	$163,600	—
Median gross rent	$886	$1,236
Housing units	15,353	1,134
Homeownership rate	59.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamogordo	Holloman AFB
Population	31,384 → 31,063 (-1.0%)	4,096 → 4,052 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$42,204 → $52,515 (+24.4%)	$47,240 → $51,205 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $163,600 (+44.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$791 → $886 (+12.0%)	$1,128 → $1,236 (+9.6%)

Alamogordo

Population

31,38431,063

Median household income

$42,204$52,515

Median home value

$113,500$163,600

Median gross rent

$791$886

Holloman AFB

Population

4,0964,052

Median household income

$47,240$51,205

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,236

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamogordo	Holloman AFB
Under 5	5.9%	15.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	10.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	41.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	22.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	1.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	0.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	0.3%
75 and over	8.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamogordo	Holloman AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	62.2%
Black or African American	5.6%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.6%
Asian	2.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamogordo	Holloman AFB
No high school diploma	7.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamogordo	Holloman AFB
Drove alone	80.1%	59.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	20.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	18.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	1.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamogordo	Holloman AFB
1-unit, detached	66.9%	27.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	58.1%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Alamogordo	Holloman AFB
Poverty rate	17.7%	11.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	18	8
Median year structure built	1979	1993