Moriarty vs Willard

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

Moriarty and Willard 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 246 in Willard). Moriarty has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $96,300 in Willard). Since 2019, Willard's population has grown faster (+9.3% vs -6.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Moriarty	Willard
Population	2,074	246
Median age	31.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$27,446	—
Median home value	$106,600	$96,300
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	861	104
Homeownership rate	58.9%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moriarty	Willard
Population	2,223 → 2,074 (-6.7%)	225 → 246 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$29,028 → $27,446 (-5.4%)	—
Median home value	$101,500 → $106,600 (+5.0%)	$56,700 → $96,300 (+69.8%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $725 (+2.5%)	$633 → $617 (-2.5%)

Moriarty

Population

2,2232,074

Median household income

$29,028$27,446

Median home value

$101,500$106,600

Median gross rent

$707$725

Willard

Population

225246

Median home value

$56,700$96,300

Median gross rent

$633$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moriarty	Willard
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	30.9%
18 to 24	14.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	25.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	0.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.7%
75 and over	4.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moriarty	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	4.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
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%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	50.5%	90.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moriarty	Willard
No high school diploma	20.5%	12.3%
High school graduate	42.5%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moriarty	Willard
Drove alone	75.2%	86.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	13.9%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moriarty	Willard
1-unit, detached	47.3%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.4%	51.9%

Poverty & households

	Moriarty	Willard
Poverty rate	40.0%	19.5%
Average household size	2.87	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1986	1971