Catron County vs Hidalgo County

A side-by-side comparison of Catron County and Hidalgo County: population, income, housing, and more.

Catron County and Hidalgo County are counties in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hidalgo County has the higher population (4,097 vs 3,685 in Catron County). Hidalgo County has the higher median household income ($49,076 vs $46,439 in Catron County). Catron County has the higher median home value ($171,800 vs $114,000 in Hidalgo County).

Population, income & housing

	Catron County	Hidalgo County
Population	3,685	4,097
Median age	62.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,439	$49,076
Median home value	$171,800	$114,000
Median gross rent	$740	$803
Housing units	3,333	2,219
Homeownership rate	87.7%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catron County	Hidalgo County
Population	3,526 → 3,685 (+4.5%)	4,297 → 4,097 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$41,910 → $46,439 (+10.8%)	$42,526 → $49,076 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$175,400 → $171,800 (-2.1%)	$86,000 → $114,000 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $740 (+2.1%)	$501 → $803 (+60.3%)

Catron County

Population

3,5263,685

Median household income

$41,910$46,439

Median home value

$175,400$171,800

Median gross rent

$725$740

Hidalgo County

Population

4,2974,097

Median household income

$42,526$49,076

Median home value

$86,000$114,000

Median gross rent

$501$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catron County	Hidalgo County
Under 5	0.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	3.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	6.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	22.1%	13.4%
75 and over	22.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catron County	Hidalgo County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	38.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	57.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catron County	Hidalgo County
No high school diploma	2.4%	15.1%
High school graduate	36.4%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catron County	Hidalgo County
Drove alone	52.1%	82.7%
Carpooled	17.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catron County	Hidalgo County
1-unit, detached	66.4%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	33.0%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Catron County	Hidalgo County
Poverty rate	21.2%	20.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1984	1977