Aztec vs Crouch Mesa

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

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

Aztec has the higher population (6,177 vs 4,419 in Crouch Mesa). Crouch Mesa has the higher median household income ($56,676 vs $42,699 in Aztec). Aztec has the higher median home value ($164,700 vs $76,800 in Crouch Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Aztec	Crouch Mesa
Population	6,177	4,419
Median age	34.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,699	$56,676
Median home value	$164,700	$76,800
Median gross rent	$765	$597
Housing units	2,690	1,418
Homeownership rate	64.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aztec	Crouch Mesa
Population	6,530 → 6,177 (-5.4%)	4,626 → 4,419 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$45,870 → $42,699 (-6.9%)	$61,348 → $56,676 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $164,700 (+6.1%)	$87,700 → $76,800 (-12.4%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $765 (-2.0%)	$1,331 → $597 (-55.1%)

Aztec

Population

6,5306,177

Median household income

$45,870$42,699

Median home value

$155,300$164,700

Median gross rent

$781$765

Crouch Mesa

Population

4,6264,419

Median household income

$61,348$56,676

Median home value

$87,700$76,800

Median gross rent

$1,331$597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aztec	Crouch Mesa
Under 5	11.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	24.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	17.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.4%
75 and over	5.1%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aztec	Crouch Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	34.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.5%	32.3%
Asian	0.1%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	31.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aztec	Crouch Mesa
No high school diploma	11.1%	20.4%
High school graduate	28.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aztec	Crouch Mesa
Drove alone	81.3%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.1%	1.4%
Walked	2.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aztec	Crouch Mesa
1-unit, detached	53.4%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	75.5%

Poverty & households

	Aztec	Crouch Mesa
Poverty rate	24.7%	20.3%
Average household size	2.52	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1978	1996