Harding County vs Union County

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

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

Union County has the higher population (4,039 vs 748 in Harding County). Union County has the higher median household income ($45,319 vs $41,250 in Harding County). Union County has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $86,500 in Harding County).

Population, income & housing

	Harding County	Union County
Population	748	4,039
Median age	43.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$45,319
Median home value	$86,500	$135,900
Median gross rent	$700	$650
Housing units	489	2,091
Homeownership rate	78.4%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harding County	Union County
Population	441 → 748 (+69.6%)	4,133 → 4,039 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$29,375 → $41,250 (+40.4%)	$35,884 → $45,319 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$102,400 → $86,500 (-15.5%)	$88,000 → $135,900 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $700 (+28.9%)	$557 → $650 (+16.7%)

Harding County

Population

441748

Median household income

$29,375$41,250

Median home value

$102,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$543$700

Union County

Population

4,1334,039

Median household income

$35,884$45,319

Median home value

$88,000$135,900

Median gross rent

$557$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harding County	Union County
Under 5	2.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	5.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	16.8%	12.7%
75 and over	11.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harding County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	54.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	39.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harding County	Union County
No high school diploma	11.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	36.6%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harding County	Union County
Drove alone	77.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.3%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harding County	Union County
1-unit, detached	75.1%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Harding County	Union County
Poverty rate	18.7%	19.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1955	1965