Demographics of Grants city, New Mexico

Grants city, New Mexico had 8,933 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −82 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Grants city, in four figures

8,933
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 8,951 ±23.; −0.9%
Change since July 2020: −82 people.; 37.2 ±5.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $47,183 ±$10,093
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Grants city, New Mexico's population shrank 0.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Grants city, New Mexico's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Grants city, New Mexico's population shrank 0.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Grants city, New Mexico's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	9,015	100.0	100.0
2021	9,032	100.2	100.2
2022	8,933	99.1	100.7
2023	8,934	99.1	101.6
2024	8,922	99.0	102.5
2025	8,933	99.1	103.1

Population of Grants city, New Mexico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	9,015	—
2021	9,032	+17
2022	8,933	−99
2023	8,934	+1
2024	8,922	−12
2025	8,933	+11

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.2 ±5.5: for men 37.6 ±3.5 and for women 33.9 ±11.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Grants city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New Mexico	United States
Under 5	648 ±135	7.2% ±1.5	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,730 ±401	19.3% ±4.5	16.5% ±0.2	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	678 ±260	7.6% ±2.9	9.3% ±0.2	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,477 ±426	27.7% ±4.8	26.0% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,028 ±367	22.7% ±4.1	23.7% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,390 ±270	15.5% ±3.0	19.3% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $47,183 ±$10,093, and income per person $26,010 ±$4,060, in 2024 dollars. The median is $64,059 ±$808 in New Mexico and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Grants city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New Mexico	United States
Under $25,000	910 ±276	31.2% ±9.0	20.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	585 ±202	20.0% ±6.6	19.6% ±0.4	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	416 ±135	14.3% ±4.4	16.9% ±0.4	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	378 ±164	12.9% ±5.5	12.4% ±0.4	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	317 ±137	10.9% ±4.6	15.5% ±0.4	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	45 to 159	1.6% to 5.4%	7.6% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	77 to 345	2.7% to 11.8%	7.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Grants city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New Mexico	United States
All ages	2,826 ±731	34.1% ±8.8	17.8% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,268 ±428	53.3% ±11.7	24.0% ±0.7	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,261 ±426	30.4% ±9.2	17.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	297 ±126	17.0% ±6.5	14.3% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Grants city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Grants city	New Mexico	United States
Housing units	3,456 ±309	956,964 ±262	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	84.5% ±2.3	87.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	15.5% ±4.8	12.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	59.6% ±7.2	70.0% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	40.4% ±6.8	30.0% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$136,500 ±$23,537	$248,100 ±$1,957	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$783 ±$85	$1,067 ±$11	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1974 ±4	1985 ±2	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Grants city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New Mexico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	5,429 ±433	60.7% ±4.8	48.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	2,168 ±382	24.2% ±4.3	36.0% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	47 to 139	0.5% to 1.6%	1.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	1.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	827 ±274	9.2% ±3.1	8.5% ±0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 13	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 60	0% to 0.7%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	134 to 682	1.5% to 7.6%	3.1% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Grants city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New Mexico	United States
Born in the state	5,987 ±443	66.9% ±4.9	52.4% ±0.4	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,544 ±425	28.4% ±4.7	36.9% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 50	0% to 0.6%	1.3% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	404 ±177	4.5% ±2.0	9.4% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	68 to 346	0.8% to 3.9%	4.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	97 to 297	1.1% to 3.3%	5.3% ±0.2	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Grants city among the places of New Mexico

26th of 46 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the New Mexico page.

Places of New Mexico near Grants city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Lovington city	11,498 ±22
Española city	10,473 ±48
North Valley CDP	10,455 ±1,192
Silver City town	9,536 ±32
Bernalillo town	9,086 ±57
Grants city	8,951 ±23
Anthony city	8,767 ±41
Corrales village	8,555 ±25
Socorro city	8,481 ±14
Ruidoso village	7,699 ±30
Shiprock CDP	7,610 ±645

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in New Mexico by poverty rate
No. 5 Places in New Mexico by median age
No. 7 Places by poverty rate
No. 9 Places in New Mexico by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 13 Places in New Mexico by median household income
No. 15 Places in New Mexico by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026