Catron County vs Mora County

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

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

Mora County has the higher population (4,176 vs 3,685 in Catron County). Mora County has the higher median household income ($50,178 vs $46,439 in Catron County). Catron County has the higher median home value ($171,800 vs $119,900 in Mora County).

Population, income & housing

	Catron County	Mora County
Population	3,685	4,176
Median age	62.6 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,439	$50,178
Median home value	$171,800	$119,900
Median gross rent	$740	$785
Housing units	3,333	2,938
Homeownership rate	87.7%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catron County	Mora County
Population	3,526 → 3,685 (+4.5%)	4,536 → 4,176 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$41,910 → $46,439 (+10.8%)	$28,446 → $50,178 (+76.4%)
Median home value	$175,400 → $171,800 (-2.1%)	$112,300 → $119,900 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $740 (+2.1%)	$703 → $785 (+11.7%)

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

Mora County

Population

4,5364,176

Median household income

$28,446$50,178

Median home value

$112,300$119,900

Median gross rent

$703$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catron County	Mora County
Under 5	0.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	3.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.2%
45 to 54	6.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.6%	19.3%
65 to 74	22.1%	21.8%
75 and over	22.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catron County	Mora County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	22.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	1.7%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	76.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catron County	Mora County
No high school diploma	2.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	36.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catron County	Mora County
Drove alone	52.1%	50.4%
Carpooled	17.6%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	16.1%
Other means	0.7%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catron County	Mora County
1-unit, detached	66.4%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.0%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Catron County	Mora County
Poverty rate	21.2%	18.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	22	47
Median year structure built	1984	1982