Mountainair vs Willard

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

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

Mountainair has the higher population (1,308 vs 246 in Willard). Mountainair has the higher median home value ($97,000 vs $96,300 in Willard). Since 2019, Mountainair's population has grown faster (+53.5% vs +9.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mountainair	Willard
Population	1,308	246
Median age	26.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,678	—
Median home value	$97,000	$96,300
Median gross rent	$906	—
Housing units	410	104
Homeownership rate	84.2%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountainair	Willard
Population	852 → 1,308 (+53.5%)	225 → 246 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$35,743 → $41,678 (+16.6%)	—
Median home value	$70,600 → $97,000 (+37.4%)	$56,700 → $96,300 (+69.8%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $906 (+34.6%)	$633 → $617 (-2.5%)

Mountainair

Population

8521,308

Median household income

$35,743$41,678

Median home value

$70,600$97,000

Median gross rent

$673$906

Willard

Population

225246

Median home value

$56,700$96,300

Median gross rent

$633$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountainair	Willard
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.8%	30.9%
18 to 24	19.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	25.2%
55 to 64	2.5%	0.4%
65 to 74	14.7%	7.7%
75 and over	6.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountainair	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	35.6%	4.1%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	53.6%	90.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountainair	Willard
No high school diploma	21.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	43.7%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountainair	Willard
Drove alone	61.1%	86.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountainair	Willard
1-unit, detached	63.9%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.7%	51.9%

Poverty & households

	Mountainair	Willard
Poverty rate	26.0%	19.5%
Average household size	4.05	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1969	1971