Cloudcroft vs Tularosa

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

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

Tularosa has the higher population (2,584 vs 1,275 in Cloudcroft). Tularosa has the higher median household income ($45,147 vs $38,428 in Cloudcroft). Cloudcroft has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $117,600 in Tularosa).

Population, income & housing

	Cloudcroft	Tularosa
Population	1,275	2,584
Median age	18.9 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,428	$45,147
Median home value	$200,000	$117,600
Median gross rent	$938	$1,043
Housing units	1,020	1,152
Homeownership rate	63.6%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloudcroft	Tularosa
Population	654 → 1,275 (+95.0%)	2,944 → 2,584 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$54,306 → $38,428 (-29.2%)	$41,282 → $45,147 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$174,600 → $200,000 (+14.5%)	$103,300 → $117,600 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $938 (+16.1%)	$575 → $1,043 (+81.4%)

Cloudcroft

Population

6541,275

Median household income

$54,306$38,428

Median home value

$174,600$200,000

Median gross rent

$808$938

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)

	Cloudcroft	Tularosa
Under 5	13.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	35.6%	29.7%
18 to 24	2.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.6%	19.6%
35 to 44	16.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	6.3%
75 and over	6.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloudcroft	Tularosa
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	32.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	58.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloudcroft	Tularosa
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	18.4%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloudcroft	Tularosa
Drove alone	89.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloudcroft	Tularosa
1-unit, detached	81.4%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	39.9%

Poverty & households

	Cloudcroft	Tularosa
Poverty rate	66.3%	20.1%
Average household size	3.44	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1974	1975