Oldest Cities in New Mexico by Median Age

The top 25 of 33 New Mexico cities on GIS Map, ranked by highest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Angel Fire	Colfax	57.8 years	1,111
2	Corrales	Sandoval	57.8 years	8,555
3	Taos	Taos	53.7 years	6,458
4	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	46.3 years	89,019
5	Raton	Colfax	44.8 years	6,026
6	Ruidoso	Lincoln	44.8 years	7,699
7	Truth or Consequences	Sierra	44.6 years	6,019
8	Bernalillo	Sandoval	43.9 years	9,086
9	Las Vegas	San Miguel	43.1 years	13,000
10	South Valley	Bernalillo	41.7 years	37,120
11	Silver City	Grant	40.8 years	9,536
12	Rio Rancho	Sandoval	39.5 years	108,515
13	Albuquerque	Bernalillo	38.8 years	562,218
14	Los Alamos	Los Alamos	38.8 years	13,317
15	Farmington	San Juan	38.7 years	46,314
16	Los Lunas	Valencia	38.3 years	18,618
17	Aztec	San Juan	37.2 years	6,150
18	Alamogordo	Otero	37.1 years	31,307
19	Belen	Valencia	37.1 years	7,450
20	Roswell	Chaves	37.1 years	47,638
21	Carlsbad	Eddy	36.7 years	31,746
22	Española	Rio Arriba	35.7 years	10,473
23	Deming	Luna	35.2 years	15,221
24	Gallup	McKinley	34.4 years	21,023
25	Las Cruces	Doña Ana	33 years	114,197

Top New Mexico Counties

Counties ranked by highest median age.

1. Catron County63.8 years 2. Sierra County57.6 years 3. Mora County55.1 years 4. Taos County52.6 years 5. Lincoln County52.4 years 6. Grant County49.5 years 7. Colfax County49.1 years 8. Quay County48.9 years 9. Santa Fe County48.7 years 10. San Miguel County47.2 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Oldest Cities in New Mexico by Median Age”, https://gismap.land/rankings/new-mexico/oldest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Oldest Cities in New Mexico by Median Age

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