Estancia vs Moriarty

A side-by-side comparison of Estancia and Moriarty: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moriarty has the higher population (2,074 vs 1,399 in Estancia). Estancia has the higher median household income ($34,559 vs $27,446 in Moriarty). Moriarty has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $95,800 in Estancia).

Population, income & housing

	Estancia	Moriarty
Population	1,399	2,074
Median age	46.3 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,559	$27,446
Median home value	$95,800	$106,600
Median gross rent	$823	$725
Housing units	612	861
Homeownership rate	76.2%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	42.6%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estancia	Moriarty
Population	1,478 → 1,399 (-5.3%)	2,223 → 2,074 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$30,450 → $34,559 (+13.5%)	$29,028 → $27,446 (-5.4%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $95,800 (-12.4%)	$101,500 → $106,600 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $823 (+32.3%)	$707 → $725 (+2.5%)

Estancia

Population

1,4781,399

Median household income

$30,450$34,559

Median home value

$109,400$95,800

Median gross rent

$622$823

Moriarty

Population

2,2232,074

Median household income

$29,028$27,446

Median home value

$101,500$106,600

Median gross rent

$707$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estancia	Moriarty
Under 5	1.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	14.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.2%
75 and over	7.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estancia	Moriarty
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	41.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	62.5%	50.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estancia	Moriarty
No high school diploma	19.5%	20.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estancia	Moriarty
Drove alone	55.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	36.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	6.8%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estancia	Moriarty
1-unit, detached	67.0%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	42.4%

Poverty & households

	Estancia	Moriarty
Poverty rate	21.3%	40.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1965	1986