Center Point vs Crouch Mesa

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

Center Point 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.

Crouch Mesa has the higher population (4,419 vs 2,366 in Center Point). Crouch Mesa has the higher median household income ($56,676 vs $49,714 in Center Point). Center Point has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $76,800 in Crouch Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	Crouch Mesa
Population	2,366	4,419
Median age	55.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,714	$56,676
Median home value	$206,300	$76,800
Median gross rent	$1,290	$597
Housing units	1,099	1,418
Homeownership rate	90.4%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	Crouch Mesa
Population	2,726 → 2,366 (-13.2%)	4,626 → 4,419 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$37,474 → $49,714 (+32.7%)	$61,348 → $56,676 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$181,700 → $206,300 (+13.5%)	$87,700 → $76,800 (-12.4%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,290 (+34.9%)	$1,331 → $597 (-55.1%)

Center Point

Population

2,7262,366

Median household income

$37,474$49,714

Median home value

$181,700$206,300

Median gross rent

$956$1,290

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)

	Center Point	Crouch Mesa
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	24.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	1.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	16.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	19.9%	9.0%
65 to 74	16.7%	7.4%
75 and over	14.9%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	Crouch Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	34.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	32.3%
Asian	1.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	31.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	Crouch Mesa
No high school diploma	12.0%	20.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	Crouch Mesa
Drove alone	83.7%	83.3%
Carpooled	1.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	Crouch Mesa
1-unit, detached	33.0%	22.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	66.1%	75.5%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	Crouch Mesa
Poverty rate	10.6%	20.3%
Average household size	2.56	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1991	1996