Cloudcroft vs Mescalero

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

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

Cloudcroft has the higher population (1,275 vs 814 in Mescalero). Cloudcroft has the higher median household income ($38,428 vs $28,167 in Mescalero). Cloudcroft has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $48,300 in Mescalero).

Population, income & housing

	Cloudcroft	Mescalero
Population	1,275	814
Median age	18.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,428	$28,167
Median home value	$200,000	$48,300
Median gross rent	$938	$282
Housing units	1,020	442
Homeownership rate	63.6%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloudcroft	Mescalero
Population	654 → 1,275 (+95.0%)	1,244 → 814 (-34.6%)
Median household income	$54,306 → $38,428 (-29.2%)	$32,500 → $28,167 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$174,600 → $200,000 (+14.5%)	$51,400 → $48,300 (-6.0%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $938 (+16.1%)	$315 → $282 (-10.5%)

Cloudcroft

Population

6541,275

Median household income

$54,306$38,428

Median home value

$174,600$200,000

Median gross rent

$808$938

Mescalero

Population

1,244814

Median household income

$32,500$28,167

Median home value

$51,400$48,300

Median gross rent

$315$282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cloudcroft	Mescalero
Under 5	13.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	35.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	2.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	0.6%	19.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	7.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	5.1%	12.8%
75 and over	6.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloudcroft	Mescalero
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	5.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	85.0%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloudcroft	Mescalero
No high school diploma	0.0%	29.5%
High school graduate	18.4%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloudcroft	Mescalero
Drove alone	89.7%	68.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	1.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloudcroft	Mescalero
1-unit, detached	81.4%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Cloudcroft	Mescalero
Poverty rate	66.3%	40.3%
Average household size	3.44	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1974	1979