Cibola County vs Taos County

A side-by-side comparison of Cibola County and Taos County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Taos County has the higher population (34,516 vs 27,059 in Cibola County). Taos County has the higher median household income ($58,908 vs $51,765 in Cibola County). Taos County has the higher median home value ($354,000 vs $120,000 in Cibola County).

Population, income & housing

	Cibola County	Taos County
Population	27,059	34,516
Median age	38.4 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,765	$58,908
Median home value	$120,000	$354,000
Median gross rent	$724	$1,069
Housing units	11,171	21,091
Homeownership rate	70.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cibola County	Taos County
Population	26,891 → 27,059 (+0.6%)	32,786 → 34,516 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$39,413 → $51,765 (+31.3%)	$38,329 → $58,908 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $120,000 (+42.2%)	$239,500 → $354,000 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $724 (+9.7%)	$784 → $1,069 (+36.4%)

Cibola County

Population

26,89127,059

Median household income

$39,413$51,765

Median home value

$84,400$120,000

Median gross rent

$660$724

Taos County

Population

32,78634,516

Median household income

$38,329$58,908

Median home value

$239,500$354,000

Median gross rent

$784$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cibola County	Taos County
Under 5	5.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	17.9%
75 and over	7.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cibola County	Taos County
White (non-Hispanic)	19.7%	40.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	42.5%	5.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.0%	50.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cibola County	Taos County
No high school diploma	14.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.8%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cibola County	Taos County
Drove alone	75.4%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	2.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.5%	17.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cibola County	Taos County
1-unit, detached	64.8%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Cibola County	Taos County
Poverty rate	27.6%	14.4%
Average household size	3.05	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1978	1983