Blanco vs Newcomb

A side-by-side comparison of Blanco and Newcomb: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blanco has the higher population (427 vs 369 in Newcomb). Blanco has the higher median household income ($52,125 vs $28,333 in Newcomb). Blanco has the higher median home value ($214,500 vs $18,400 in Newcomb).

Population, income & housing

	Blanco	Newcomb
Population	427	369
Median age	60.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,125	$28,333
Median home value	$214,500	$18,400
Median gross rent	—	$617
Housing units	261	184
Homeownership rate	94.4%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanco	Newcomb
Population	159 → 427 (+168.6%)	359 → 369 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$50,875 → $52,125 (+2.5%)	$37,000 → $28,333 (-23.4%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $214,500 (+27.8%)	$43,700 → $18,400 (-57.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$569 → $617 (+8.4%)

Blanco

Population

159427

Median household income

$50,875$52,125

Median home value

$167,900$214,500

Newcomb

Population

359369

Median household income

$37,000$28,333

Median home value

$43,700$18,400

Median gross rent

$569$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanco	Newcomb
Under 5	2.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	2.3%	14.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	17.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	4.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	22.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	21.8%	9.2%
75 and over	16.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanco	Newcomb
White (non-Hispanic)	50.4%	5.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	86.7%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanco	Newcomb
No high school diploma	5.2%	19.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanco	Newcomb
Drove alone	77.2%	64.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanco	Newcomb
1-unit, detached	68.6%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Blanco	Newcomb
Poverty rate	29.5%	27.1%
Average household size	1.84	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	41
Median year structure built	1985	1987