Harding County vs Hidalgo County

A side-by-side comparison of Harding County and Hidalgo County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hidalgo County has the higher population (4,097 vs 748 in Harding County). Hidalgo County has the higher median household income ($49,076 vs $41,250 in Harding County). Hidalgo County has the higher median home value ($114,000 vs $86,500 in Harding County).

Population, income & housing

	Harding County	Hidalgo County
Population	748	4,097
Median age	43.1 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$49,076
Median home value	$86,500	$114,000
Median gross rent	$700	$803
Housing units	489	2,219
Homeownership rate	78.4%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harding County	Hidalgo County
Population	441 → 748 (+69.6%)	4,297 → 4,097 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$29,375 → $41,250 (+40.4%)	$42,526 → $49,076 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$102,400 → $86,500 (-15.5%)	$86,000 → $114,000 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $700 (+28.9%)	$501 → $803 (+60.3%)

Harding County

Population

441748

Median household income

$29,375$41,250

Median home value

$102,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$543$700

Hidalgo County

Population

4,2974,097

Median household income

$42,526$49,076

Median home value

$86,000$114,000

Median gross rent

$501$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harding County	Hidalgo County
Under 5	2.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.8%	13.4%
75 and over	11.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harding County	Hidalgo County
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	38.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	57.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harding County	Hidalgo County
No high school diploma	11.2%	15.1%
High school graduate	36.6%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harding County	Hidalgo County
Drove alone	77.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harding County	Hidalgo County
1-unit, detached	75.1%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Harding County	Hidalgo County
Poverty rate	18.7%	20.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1955	1977