Aztec vs Farmington

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

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

Farmington has the higher population (46,339 vs 6,177 in Aztec). Farmington has the higher median household income ($63,745 vs $42,699 in Aztec). Farmington has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $164,700 in Aztec).

Population, income & housing

	Aztec	Farmington
Population	6,177	46,339
Median age	34.1 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,699	$63,745
Median home value	$164,700	$225,400
Median gross rent	$765	$993
Housing units	2,690	18,220
Homeownership rate	64.5%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aztec	Farmington
Population	6,530 → 6,177 (-5.4%)	45,258 → 46,339 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$45,870 → $42,699 (-6.9%)	$54,480 → $63,745 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $164,700 (+6.1%)	$186,800 → $225,400 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $765 (-2.0%)	$868 → $993 (+14.4%)

Aztec

Population

6,5306,177

Median household income

$45,870$42,699

Median home value

$155,300$164,700

Median gross rent

$781$765

Farmington

Population

45,25846,339

Median household income

$54,480$63,745

Median home value

$186,800$225,400

Median gross rent

$868$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aztec	Farmington
Under 5	11.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.1%
75 and over	5.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aztec	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	42.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.5%	26.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aztec	Farmington
No high school diploma	11.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	28.5%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aztec	Farmington
Drove alone	81.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aztec	Farmington
1-unit, detached	53.4%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Aztec	Farmington
Poverty rate	24.7%	19.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1978	1982