Center Point vs West Hammond

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

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

West Hammond has the higher population (2,519 vs 2,366 in Center Point). West Hammond has the higher median household income ($49,795 vs $49,714 in Center Point). Center Point has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $185,800 in West Hammond).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	West Hammond
Population	2,366	2,519
Median age	55.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,714	$49,795
Median home value	$206,300	$185,800
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,221
Housing units	1,099	946
Homeownership rate	90.4%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	West Hammond
Population	2,726 → 2,366 (-13.2%)	2,777 → 2,519 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$37,474 → $49,714 (+32.7%)	$66,500 → $49,795 (-25.1%)
Median home value	$181,700 → $206,300 (+13.5%)	$166,400 → $185,800 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,290 (+34.9%)	$1,045 → $1,221 (+16.8%)

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

West Hammond

Population

2,7772,519

Median household income

$66,500$49,795

Median home value

$166,400$185,800

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Point	West Hammond
Under 5	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	22.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	1.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	16.2%	6.4%
55 to 64	19.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	16.7%	9.0%
75 and over	14.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	West Hammond
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	48.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	5.3%
Asian	1.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	44.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	West Hammond
No high school diploma	12.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	25.1%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	West Hammond
Drove alone	83.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	West Hammond
1-unit, detached	33.0%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	66.1%	66.1%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	West Hammond
Poverty rate	10.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.56	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1991	1991