Cloudcroft vs La Luz

A side-by-side comparison of Cloudcroft and La Luz: population, income, housing, and more.

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

La Luz has the higher population (1,683 vs 1,275 in Cloudcroft). Cloudcroft has the higher median household income ($38,428 vs $35,324 in La Luz). Cloudcroft has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $60,800 in La Luz).

Population, income & housing

	Cloudcroft	La Luz
Population	1,275	1,683
Median age	18.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,428	$35,324
Median home value	$200,000	$60,800
Median gross rent	$938	$615
Housing units	1,020	827
Homeownership rate	63.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	31.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloudcroft	La Luz
Population	654 → 1,275 (+95.0%)	1,222 → 1,683 (+37.7%)
Median household income	$54,306 → $38,428 (-29.2%)	$29,559 → $35,324 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$174,600 → $200,000 (+14.5%)	$77,500 → $60,800 (-21.5%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $938 (+16.1%)	$589 → $615 (+4.4%)

Cloudcroft

Population

6541,275

Median household income

$54,306$38,428

Median home value

$174,600$200,000

Median gross rent

$808$938

La Luz

Population

1,2221,683

Median household income

$29,559$35,324

Median home value

$77,500$60,800

Median gross rent

$589$615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cloudcroft	La Luz
Under 5	13.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	35.6%	10.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	24.2%
25 to 34	0.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	14.4%
75 and over	6.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloudcroft	La Luz
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	42.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	49.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloudcroft	La Luz
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	18.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloudcroft	La Luz
Drove alone	89.7%	64.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	22.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloudcroft	La Luz
1-unit, detached	81.4%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	55.9%

Poverty & households

	Cloudcroft	La Luz
Poverty rate	66.3%	15.5%
Average household size	3.44	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	13
Median year structure built	1974	1984