Estancia vs Mountainair

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

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

Estancia has the higher population (1,399 vs 1,308 in Mountainair). Mountainair has the higher median household income ($41,678 vs $34,559 in Estancia). Mountainair has the higher median home value ($97,000 vs $95,800 in Estancia).

Population, income & housing

	Estancia	Mountainair
Population	1,399	1,308
Median age	46.3 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,559	$41,678
Median home value	$95,800	$97,000
Median gross rent	$823	$906
Housing units	612	410
Homeownership rate	76.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	42.6%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estancia	Mountainair
Population	1,478 → 1,399 (-5.3%)	852 → 1,308 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$30,450 → $34,559 (+13.5%)	$35,743 → $41,678 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $95,800 (-12.4%)	$70,600 → $97,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $823 (+32.3%)	$673 → $906 (+34.6%)

Estancia

Population

1,4781,399

Median household income

$30,450$34,559

Median home value

$109,400$95,800

Median gross rent

$622$823

Mountainair

Population

8521,308

Median household income

$35,743$41,678

Median home value

$70,600$97,000

Median gross rent

$673$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estancia	Mountainair
Under 5	1.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	25.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	19.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	2.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.7%
75 and over	7.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estancia	Mountainair
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	35.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	62.5%	53.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estancia	Mountainair
No high school diploma	19.5%	21.1%
High school graduate	32.0%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estancia	Mountainair
Drove alone	55.1%	61.1%
Carpooled	36.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	24.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estancia	Mountainair
1-unit, detached	67.0%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Estancia	Mountainair
Poverty rate	21.3%	26.0%
Average household size	2.60	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1965	1969