Lamy vs Sombrillo

A side-by-side comparison of Lamy and Sombrillo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sombrillo has the higher population (136 vs 115 in Lamy). Lamy has the higher median home value ($592,600 vs $287,500 in Sombrillo). Since 2019, Sombrillo's population has grown faster (+63.9% vs -27.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Lamy	Sombrillo
Population	115	136
Median age	59.9 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$184,643
Median home value	$592,600	$287,500
Housing units	107	179
Homeownership rate	41.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.8%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamy	Sombrillo
Population	159 → 115 (-27.7%)	83 → 136 (+63.9%)
Median household income	$58,681 → $79,615 (+35.7%)	$53,125 → $184,643 (+247.6%)
Median home value	$281,900 → $592,600 (+110.2%)	$205,000 → $287,500 (+40.2%)

Lamy

Population

159115

Median household income

$58,681$79,615

Median home value

$281,900$592,600

Sombrillo

Population

83136

Median household income

$53,125$184,643

Median home value

$205,000$287,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamy	Sombrillo
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	41.7%	3.7%
55 to 64	20.0%	20.6%
65 to 74	25.2%	32.4%
75 and over	13.0%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamy	Sombrillo
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	33.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	66.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamy	Sombrillo
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	7.0%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	41.7%	48.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamy	Sombrillo
Drove alone	29.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	59.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamy	Sombrillo
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.4%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lamy	Sombrillo
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.40	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	2001	1974