Blanco vs Sheep Springs

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

Blanco and Sheep Springs 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 Sheep Springs). Blanco has the higher median household income ($52,125 vs $28,750 in Sheep Springs). Blanco has the higher median home value ($214,500 vs $97,500 in Sheep Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Blanco	Sheep Springs
Population	427	369
Median age	60.5 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,125	$28,750
Median home value	$214,500	$97,500
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	261	99
Homeownership rate	94.4%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanco	Sheep Springs
Population	159 → 427 (+168.6%)	250 → 369 (+47.6%)
Median household income	$50,875 → $52,125 (+2.5%)	$31,563 → $28,750 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $214,500 (+27.8%)	$58,100 → $97,500 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$366 → $825 (+125.4%)

Blanco

Population

159427

Median household income

$50,875$52,125

Median home value

$167,900$214,500

Sheep Springs

Population

250369

Median household income

$31,563$28,750

Median home value

$58,100$97,500

Median gross rent

$366$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanco	Sheep Springs
Under 5	2.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	22.2%
18 to 24	2.3%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	22.5%
35 to 44	17.1%	5.4%
45 to 54	4.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	22.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	21.8%	3.0%
75 and over	16.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanco	Sheep Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	50.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	97.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanco	Sheep Springs
No high school diploma	5.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	40.0%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanco	Sheep Springs
Drove alone	77.2%	86.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanco	Sheep Springs
1-unit, detached	68.6%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Blanco	Sheep Springs
Poverty rate	29.5%	35.0%
Average household size	1.84	4.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	43
Median year structure built	1985	1984