COMPARING TWO PLACES
Cloudcroft vs Alamogordo
PLACE A
Cloudcroft, New Mexico
VS
PLACE B
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Cloudcroft is 98% smaller than Alamogordo. their median incomes are within a few thousand dollars. Cloudcroft has grown faster since 2000 (11% vs 2%).
CLOUDCROFTALAMOGORDODIFFERENCE
Total population75731,906−98% vs Alamogordo
Population density4631,479−1,016
Population growth11.3%1.6%+9.6 pts
Median age61.137.1+24.0
Male38.1%53.6%−15.5 pts
Female61.9%46.4%+15.5 pts
Foreign-born0.0%5.9%−5.9 pts
White, non-Hispanic98.3%53.3%+45.0 pts
Black0.0%5.8%−5.8 pts
Hispanic / Latino1.6%32.4%−30.8 pts
Asian0.0%2.4%−2.4 pts
Other0.2%6.2%−6.0 pts
Median household income$56,563$55,952+$611
Per capita income$51,757$32,590+$19,167
Poverty rate24.6%16.6%+8.0 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.5140.421+0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher43.7%25.5%+18.1 pts
Graduate degree3.7%9.9%−6.3 pts
Unemployment rate0.0%7.5%−7.5 pts
Labor force participation48.6%59.2%−10.6 pts
Median home value$234,800$172,900+$61,900
Median gross rent$938$902+$36
Owner-occupied84.2%61.6%+22.6 pts
Housing vacancy rate67.1%14.7%+52.4 pts
Rent-burdened households48.9%46.9%+2.0 pts
Average commute18.317.9+0.4
Worked from home24.5%7.3%+17.2 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.4%−0.4 pts
Uninsured5.1%5.5%−0.4 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025