Alamogordo vs Tularosa

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

Alamogordo and Tularosa 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 2,584 in Tularosa). Alamogordo has the higher median household income ($52,515 vs $45,147 in Tularosa). Alamogordo has the higher median home value ($163,600 vs $117,600 in Tularosa).

Population, income & housing

	Alamogordo	Tularosa
Population	31,063	2,584
Median age	37.7 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,515	$45,147
Median home value	$163,600	$117,600
Median gross rent	$886	$1,043
Housing units	15,353	1,152
Homeownership rate	59.8%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	23.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamogordo	Tularosa
Population	31,384 → 31,063 (-1.0%)	2,944 → 2,584 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$42,204 → $52,515 (+24.4%)	$41,282 → $45,147 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $163,600 (+44.1%)	$103,300 → $117,600 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $886 (+12.0%)	$575 → $1,043 (+81.4%)

Alamogordo

Population

31,38431,063

Median household income

$42,204$52,515

Median home value

$113,500$163,600

Median gross rent

$791$886

Tularosa

Population

2,9442,584

Median household income

$41,282$45,147

Median home value

$103,300$117,600

Median gross rent

$575$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamogordo	Tularosa
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	29.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	19.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.3%
75 and over	8.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamogordo	Tularosa
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	32.3%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	6.7%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	58.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamogordo	Tularosa
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	27.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamogordo	Tularosa
Drove alone	80.1%	83.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamogordo	Tularosa
1-unit, detached	66.9%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	39.9%

Poverty & households

	Alamogordo	Tularosa
Poverty rate	17.7%	20.1%
Average household size	2.31	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1979	1975