Grant County vs San Miguel County

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

Grant County and San Miguel 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 27,036 in San Miguel County). San Miguel County has the higher median household income ($47,400 vs $45,921 in Grant County). San Miguel County has the higher median home value ($177,600 vs $164,400 in Grant County).

Population, income & housing

	Grant County	San Miguel County
Population	27,856	27,036
Median age	49.0 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,921	$47,400
Median home value	$164,400	$177,600
Median gross rent	$810	$774
Housing units	14,664	14,837
Homeownership rate	73.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant County	San Miguel County
Population	27,669 → 27,856 (+0.7%)	27,738 → 27,036 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$37,843 → $45,921 (+21.3%)	$30,946 → $47,400 (+53.2%)
Median home value	$125,100 → $164,400 (+31.4%)	$135,000 → $177,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $810 (+20.7%)	$658 → $774 (+17.6%)

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

San Miguel County

Population

27,73827,036

Median household income

$30,946$47,400

Median home value

$135,000$177,600

Median gross rent

$658$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant County	San Miguel County
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	17.1%	14.5%
75 and over	12.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant County	San Miguel County
White (non-Hispanic)	47.5%	17.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	75.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant County	San Miguel County
No high school diploma	10.3%	14.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant County	San Miguel County
Drove alone	73.9%	72.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant County	San Miguel County
1-unit, detached	62.0%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	30.3%

Poverty & households

	Grant County	San Miguel County
Poverty rate	19.5%	22.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	1978