Truth or Consequences vs Williamsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Truth or Consequences and Williamsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Truth or Consequences has the higher population (6,026 vs 599 in Williamsburg). Williamsburg has the higher median household income ($36,023 vs $29,142 in Truth or Consequences). Truth or Consequences has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $75,200 in Williamsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Truth or Consequences	Williamsburg
Population	6,026	599
Median age	42.7 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,142	$36,023
Median home value	$107,500	$75,200
Median gross rent	$676	$650
Housing units	3,516	363
Homeownership rate	54.5%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Truth or Consequences	Williamsburg
Population	5,894 → 6,026 (+2.2%)	465 → 599 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$23,988 → $29,142 (+21.5%)	$31,344 → $36,023 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $107,500 (+26.0%)	$70,900 → $75,200 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $676 (+37.1%)	$795 → $650 (-18.2%)

Truth or Consequences

Population

5,8946,026

Median household income

$23,988$29,142

Median home value

$85,300$107,500

Median gross rent

$493$676

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)

	Truth or Consequences	Williamsburg
Under 5	6.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	8.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	15.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	18.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	22.2%
75 and over	10.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Truth or Consequences	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	38.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35.5%	60.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Truth or Consequences	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	12.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Truth or Consequences	Williamsburg
Drove alone	75.8%	59.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	26.7%
Public transit	0.0%	8.8%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.8%
Other means	8.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Truth or Consequences	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	46.4%	30.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	69.1%

Poverty & households

	Truth or Consequences	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	34.8%	21.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	11	15
Median year structure built	1975	1982