Newcomb vs Sheep Springs

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

Newcomb 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.

Both have a population of 369. Sheep Springs has the higher median household income ($28,750 vs $28,333 in Newcomb). Sheep Springs has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $18,400 in Newcomb).

Population, income & housing

	Newcomb	Sheep Springs
Population	369	369
Median age	44.5 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,333	$28,750
Median home value	$18,400	$97,500
Median gross rent	$617	$825
Housing units	184	99
Homeownership rate	76.1%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcomb	Sheep Springs
Population	359 → 369 (+2.8%)	250 → 369 (+47.6%)
Median household income	$37,000 → $28,333 (-23.4%)	$31,563 → $28,750 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$43,700 → $18,400 (-57.9%)	$58,100 → $97,500 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $617 (+8.4%)	$366 → $825 (+125.4%)

Newcomb

Population

359369

Median household income

$37,000$28,333

Median home value

$43,700$18,400

Median gross rent

$569$617

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)

	Newcomb	Sheep Springs
Under 5	1.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	22.2%
18 to 24	14.9%	12.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	22.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	17.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	3.0%
75 and over	9.5%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcomb	Sheep Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	5.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.7%	97.8%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcomb	Sheep Springs
No high school diploma	19.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcomb	Sheep Springs
Drove alone	64.6%	86.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	0.0%
Other means	6.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcomb	Sheep Springs
1-unit, detached	69.0%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Newcomb	Sheep Springs
Poverty rate	27.1%	35.0%
Average household size	2.72	4.56
Mean commute (minutes)	41	43
Median year structure built	1987	1984