Aztec vs Bloomfield

A side-by-side comparison of Aztec and Bloomfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bloomfield has the higher population (7,391 vs 6,177 in Aztec). Bloomfield has the higher median household income ($51,212 vs $42,699 in Aztec). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($167,800 vs $164,700 in Aztec).

Population, income & housing

	Aztec	Bloomfield
Population	6,177	7,391
Median age	34.1 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,699	$51,212
Median home value	$164,700	$167,800
Median gross rent	$765	$831
Housing units	2,690	2,988
Homeownership rate	64.5%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aztec	Bloomfield
Population	6,530 → 6,177 (-5.4%)	7,846 → 7,391 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$45,870 → $42,699 (-6.9%)	$52,030 → $51,212 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $164,700 (+6.1%)	$149,200 → $167,800 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $765 (-2.0%)	$760 → $831 (+9.3%)

Aztec

Population

6,5306,177

Median household income

$45,870$42,699

Median home value

$155,300$164,700

Median gross rent

$781$765

Bloomfield

Population

7,8467,391

Median household income

$52,030$51,212

Median home value

$149,200$167,800

Median gross rent

$760$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aztec	Bloomfield
Under 5	11.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	17.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.1%
75 and over	5.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aztec	Bloomfield
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	40.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.5%	19.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aztec	Bloomfield
No high school diploma	11.1%	18.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aztec	Bloomfield
Drove alone	81.3%	94.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aztec	Bloomfield
1-unit, detached	53.4%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Aztec	Bloomfield
Poverty rate	24.7%	24.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1978	1985