Luna County vs San Miguel County

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

Luna 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.

San Miguel County has the higher population (27,036 vs 25,420 in Luna County). San Miguel County has the higher median household income ($47,400 vs $37,917 in Luna County). San Miguel County has the higher median home value ($177,600 vs $112,500 in Luna County).

Population, income & housing

	Luna County	San Miguel County
Population	25,420	27,036
Median age	36.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,917	$47,400
Median home value	$112,500	$177,600
Median gross rent	$685	$774
Housing units	11,567	14,837
Homeownership rate	69.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luna County	San Miguel County
Population	24,083 → 25,420 (+5.6%)	27,738 → 27,036 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$29,360 → $37,917 (+29.1%)	$30,946 → $47,400 (+53.2%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $112,500 (+29.5%)	$135,000 → $177,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $685 (+21.9%)	$658 → $774 (+17.6%)

Luna County

Population

24,08325,420

Median household income

$29,360$37,917

Median home value

$86,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$562$685

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)

	Luna County	San Miguel County
Under 5	7.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	14.5%
75 and over	9.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luna County	San Miguel County
White (non-Hispanic)	29.1%	17.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	66.5%	75.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luna County	San Miguel County
No high school diploma	24.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luna County	San Miguel County
Drove alone	77.1%	72.6%
Carpooled	14.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.5%	12.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luna County	San Miguel County
1-unit, detached	56.0%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	30.3%

Poverty & households

	Luna County	San Miguel County
Poverty rate	26.1%	22.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1979	1978