Albuquerque vs Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

A side-by-side comparison of Albuquerque and Los Ranchos de Albuquerque: population, income, housing, and more.

Albuquerque and Los Ranchos de Albuquerque are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Albuquerque has the higher population (562,488 vs 5,869 in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque). Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has the higher median household income ($70,801 vs $65,604 in Albuquerque). Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has the higher median home value ($442,100 vs $266,700 in Albuquerque).

Population, income & housing

	Albuquerque	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
Population	562,488	5,869
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,604	$70,801
Median home value	$266,700	$442,100
Median gross rent	$1,085	$990
Housing units	256,861	2,566
Homeownership rate	61.5%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albuquerque	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
Population	559,374 → 562,488 (+0.6%)	6,114 → 5,869 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$52,911 → $65,604 (+24.0%)	$64,732 → $70,801 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$198,200 → $266,700 (+34.6%)	$447,700 → $442,100 (-1.3%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,085 (+24.3%)	$760 → $990 (+30.3%)

Albuquerque

Population

559,374562,488

Median household income

$52,911$65,604

Median home value

$198,200$266,700

Median gross rent

$873$1,085

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

Population

6,1145,869

Median household income

$64,732$70,801

Median home value

$447,700$442,100

Median gross rent

$760$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albuquerque	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
Under 5	5.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.6%
75 and over	6.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albuquerque	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
White (non-Hispanic)	38.0%	48.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	3.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	47.9%	42.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albuquerque	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	21.6%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albuquerque	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
Drove alone	73.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.8%	20.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albuquerque	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
1-unit, detached	62.0%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	3.8%
20 or more units	11.8%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Albuquerque	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
Poverty rate	16.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1982	1969