Elephant Butte vs Williamsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Elephant Butte and Williamsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elephant Butte has the higher population (1,586 vs 599 in Williamsburg). Elephant Butte has the higher median household income ($45,179 vs $36,023 in Williamsburg). Elephant Butte has the higher median home value ($166,800 vs $75,200 in Williamsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Elephant Butte	Williamsburg
Population	1,586	599
Median age	66.1 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,179	$36,023
Median home value	$166,800	$75,200
Median gross rent	$1,169	$650
Housing units	1,566	363
Homeownership rate	86.0%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elephant Butte	Williamsburg
Population	1,352 → 1,586 (+17.3%)	465 → 599 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$43,846 → $45,179 (+3.0%)	$31,344 → $36,023 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $166,800 (+23.2%)	$70,900 → $75,200 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,169 (+26.0%)	$795 → $650 (-18.2%)

Elephant Butte

Population

1,3521,586

Median household income

$43,846$45,179

Median home value

$135,400$166,800

Median gross rent

$928$1,169

Williamsburg

Population

465599

Median household income

$31,344$36,023

Median home value

$70,900$75,200

Median gross rent

$795$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elephant Butte	Williamsburg
Under 5	2.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	4.5%	8.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	7.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	3.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	18.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	32.0%	22.2%
75 and over	23.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elephant Butte	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	38.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	60.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elephant Butte	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	2.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	36.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elephant Butte	Williamsburg
Drove alone	88.6%	59.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.7%
Public transit	0.0%	8.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.8%
Other means	6.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elephant Butte	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	39.7%	30.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.9%	69.1%

Poverty & households

	Elephant Butte	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	10.0%	21.9%
Average household size	1.67	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	11	15
Median year structure built	1994	1982