Capulin vs Clayton

A side-by-side comparison of Capulin and Clayton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clayton has the higher population (2,680 vs 79 in Capulin). Clayton has the higher median household income ($40,192 vs $34,808 in Capulin). Since 2019, Capulin's population has grown faster (+132.4% vs -15.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Capulin	Clayton
Population	79	2,680
Median age	66.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,808	$40,192
Median home value	—	$111,500
Median gross rent	—	$637
Housing units	64	1,238
Homeownership rate	63.9%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capulin	Clayton
Population	34 → 79 (+132.4%)	3,184 → 2,680 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $34,808 (+59.1%)	$29,948 → $40,192 (+34.2%)
Median home value	—	$77,500 → $111,500 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$556 → $637 (+14.6%)

Capulin

Population

3479

Median household income

$21,875$34,808

Clayton

Population

3,1842,680

Median household income

$29,948$40,192

Median home value

$77,500$111,500

Median gross rent

$556$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capulin	Clayton
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	6.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	2.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	2.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	49.4%	11.1%
75 and over	32.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capulin	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	39.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	38.0%	52.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capulin	Clayton
No high school diploma	21.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	60.8%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	12.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capulin	Clayton
Drove alone	45.5%	87.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.5%	0.0%
Other means	9.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capulin	Clayton
1-unit, detached	62.5%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	37.5%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Capulin	Clayton
Poverty rate	6.3%	26.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1967	1963