Des Moines vs Grenville

A side-by-side comparison of Des Moines and Grenville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Des Moines has the higher population (92 vs 40 in Grenville). Grenville has the higher median household income ($114,167 vs $60,938 in Des Moines). Since 2019, Grenville's population has grown faster (+110.5% vs -20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Des Moines	Grenville
Population	92	40
Median age	46.2 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,938	$114,167
Median home value	—	$107,500
Housing units	64	12
Homeownership rate	73.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Moines	Grenville
Population	115 → 92 (-20.0%)	19 → 40 (+110.5%)
Median household income	$35,313 → $60,938 (+72.6%)	$100,417 → $114,167 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $71,100 (+0.4%)	$132,100 → $107,500 (-18.6%)

Des Moines

Population

11592

Median household income

$35,313$60,938

Median home value

$70,800$71,100

Grenville

Population

1940

Median household income

$100,417$114,167

Median home value

$132,100$107,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Moines	Grenville
Under 5	12.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	22.8%	62.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	22.5%
75 and over	8.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Moines	Grenville
White (non-Hispanic)	30.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.3%	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	25.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Moines	Grenville
No high school diploma	14.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.8%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	9.8%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Moines	Grenville
Drove alone	71.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Moines	Grenville
1-unit, detached	76.6%	41.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	58.3%

Poverty & households

	Des Moines	Grenville
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.5%
Average household size	2.04	3.33
Median year structure built	1966	1985