Moriarty vs Mountainair

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

Moriarty and Mountainair 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 1,308 in Mountainair). Mountainair has the higher median household income ($41,678 vs $27,446 in Moriarty). Moriarty has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $97,000 in Mountainair).

Population, income & housing

	Moriarty	Mountainair
Population	2,074	1,308
Median age	31.8 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$27,446	$41,678
Median home value	$106,600	$97,000
Median gross rent	$725	$906
Housing units	861	410
Homeownership rate	58.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moriarty	Mountainair
Population	2,223 → 2,074 (-6.7%)	852 → 1,308 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$29,028 → $27,446 (-5.4%)	$35,743 → $41,678 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $106,600 (+5.0%)	$70,600 → $97,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $725 (+2.5%)	$673 → $906 (+34.6%)

Moriarty

Population

2,2232,074

Median household income

$29,028$27,446

Median home value

$101,500$106,600

Median gross rent

$707$725

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)

	Moriarty	Mountainair
Under 5	6.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	25.8%
18 to 24	14.1%	19.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	2.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.7%
75 and over	4.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moriarty	Mountainair
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	35.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	50.5%	53.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moriarty	Mountainair
No high school diploma	20.5%	21.1%
High school graduate	42.5%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moriarty	Mountainair
Drove alone	75.2%	61.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	8.3%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	24.2%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moriarty	Mountainair
1-unit, detached	47.3%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.4%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Moriarty	Mountainair
Poverty rate	40.0%	26.0%
Average household size	2.87	4.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1986	1969