Grant County vs Lincoln County

A side-by-side comparison of Grant County and Lincoln County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grant County has the higher population (27,856 vs 20,227 in Lincoln County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($51,643 vs $45,921 in Grant County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($212,200 vs $164,400 in Grant County).

Population, income & housing

	Grant County	Lincoln County
Population	27,856	20,227
Median age	49.0 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,921	$51,643
Median home value	$164,400	$212,200
Median gross rent	$810	$883
Housing units	14,664	17,768
Homeownership rate	73.2%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant County	Lincoln County
Population	27,669 → 27,856 (+0.7%)	19,461 → 20,227 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$37,843 → $45,921 (+21.3%)	$46,216 → $51,643 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$125,100 → $164,400 (+31.4%)	$193,900 → $212,200 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $810 (+20.7%)	$697 → $883 (+26.7%)

Grant County

Population

27,66927,856

Median household income

$37,843$45,921

Median home value

$125,100$164,400

Median gross rent

$671$810

Lincoln County

Population

19,46120,227

Median household income

$46,216$51,643

Median home value

$193,900$212,200

Median gross rent

$697$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant County	Lincoln County
Under 5	4.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	17.1%	18.0%
75 and over	12.4%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	47.5%	60.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	3.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	32.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	73.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	11.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	62.0%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	25.7%

Poverty & households

	Grant County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	19.5%	16.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	1985