Curry County vs Taos County

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

Curry 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.

Curry County has the higher population (47,932 vs 34,516 in Taos County). Taos County has the higher median household income ($58,908 vs $56,259 in Curry County). Taos County has the higher median home value ($354,000 vs $160,800 in Curry County).

Population, income & housing

	Curry County	Taos County
Population	47,932	34,516
Median age	31.9 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,259	$58,908
Median home value	$160,800	$354,000
Median gross rent	$987	$1,069
Housing units	21,266	21,091
Homeownership rate	61.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Curry County	Taos County
Population	49,732 → 47,932 (-3.6%)	32,786 → 34,516 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$45,092 → $56,259 (+24.8%)	$38,329 → $58,908 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $160,800 (+28.6%)	$239,500 → $354,000 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $987 (+17.1%)	$784 → $1,069 (+36.4%)

Curry County

Population

49,73247,932

Median household income

$45,092$56,259

Median home value

$125,000$160,800

Median gross rent

$843$987

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)

	Curry County	Taos County
Under 5	7.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	17.9%
75 and over	5.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Curry County	Taos County
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	40.5%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	5.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	50.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Curry County	Taos County
No high school diploma	17.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	26.6%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Curry County	Taos County
Drove alone	81.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	2.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.1%	17.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Curry County	Taos County
1-unit, detached	73.5%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Curry County	Taos County
Poverty rate	20.9%	14.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1976	1983