Aztec vs West Hammond

A side-by-side comparison of Aztec and West Hammond: population, income, housing, and more.

Aztec and West Hammond are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aztec has the higher population (6,177 vs 2,519 in West Hammond). West Hammond has the higher median household income ($49,795 vs $42,699 in Aztec). West Hammond has the higher median home value ($185,800 vs $164,700 in Aztec).

Population, income & housing

	Aztec	West Hammond
Population	6,177	2,519
Median age	34.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,699	$49,795
Median home value	$164,700	$185,800
Median gross rent	$765	$1,221
Housing units	2,690	946
Homeownership rate	64.5%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aztec	West Hammond
Population	6,530 → 6,177 (-5.4%)	2,777 → 2,519 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$45,870 → $42,699 (-6.9%)	$66,500 → $49,795 (-25.1%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $164,700 (+6.1%)	$166,400 → $185,800 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $765 (-2.0%)	$1,045 → $1,221 (+16.8%)

Aztec

Population

6,5306,177

Median household income

$45,870$42,699

Median home value

$155,300$164,700

Median gross rent

$781$765

West Hammond

Population

2,7772,519

Median household income

$66,500$49,795

Median home value

$166,400$185,800

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aztec	West Hammond
Under 5	11.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.0%
75 and over	5.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aztec	West Hammond
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	48.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.5%	5.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	44.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aztec	West Hammond
No high school diploma	11.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	28.5%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aztec	West Hammond
Drove alone	81.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aztec	West Hammond
1-unit, detached	53.4%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	66.1%

Poverty & households

	Aztec	West Hammond
Poverty rate	24.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.52	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1978	1991