Crystal vs Sheep Springs

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

Crystal 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.

Sheep Springs has the higher population (369 vs 302 in Crystal). Sheep Springs has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $75,800 in Crystal). Since 2019, Sheep Springs's population has grown faster (+47.6% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal	Sheep Springs
Population	302	369
Median age	35.7 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,750
Median home value	$75,800	$97,500
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	95	99
Homeownership rate	91.5%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal	Sheep Springs
Population	345 → 302 (-12.5%)	250 → 369 (+47.6%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $33,125 (-18.7%)	$31,563 → $28,750 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $75,800 (+42.7%)	$58,100 → $97,500 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$366 → $825 (+125.4%)

Crystal

Population

345302

Median household income

$40,750$33,125

Median home value

$53,100$75,800

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)

	Crystal	Sheep Springs
Under 5	3.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.2%
25 to 34	16.9%	22.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	5.4%
45 to 54	18.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	4.6%	3.0%
75 and over	10.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal	Sheep Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	92.4%	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	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal	Sheep Springs
No high school diploma	12.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal	Sheep Springs
Drove alone	86.7%	86.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal	Sheep Springs
1-unit, detached	95.8%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Crystal	Sheep Springs
Poverty rate	29.8%	35.0%
Average household size	4.17	4.56
Mean commute (minutes)	33	43
Median year structure built	1990	1984