Barton vs Paradise Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Barton and Paradise Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paradise Hills has the higher population (4,662 vs 1,601 in Barton). Barton has the higher median household income ($83,849 vs $74,403 in Paradise Hills). Barton has the higher median home value ($336,300 vs $241,300 in Paradise Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Barton	Paradise Hills
Population	1,601	4,662
Median age	48.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,849	$74,403
Median home value	$336,300	$241,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,256
Housing units	628	1,958
Homeownership rate	88.4%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton	Paradise Hills
Population	1,451 → 1,601 (+10.3%)	4,656 → 4,662 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$70,800 → $83,849 (+18.4%)	$62,070 → $74,403 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$270,100 → $336,300 (+24.5%)	$182,100 → $241,300 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,121 → $1,256 (+12.0%)

Barton

Population

1,4511,601

Median household income

$70,800$83,849

Median home value

$270,100$336,300

Paradise Hills

Population

4,6564,662

Median household income

$62,070$74,403

Median home value

$182,100$241,300

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,256

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton	Paradise Hills
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	29.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	22.2%	14.1%
75 and over	4.4%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton	Paradise Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	49.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	6.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.5%	39.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton	Paradise Hills
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	5.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	52.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton	Paradise Hills
Drove alone	78.5%	68.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.3%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton	Paradise Hills
1-unit, detached	75.3%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barton	Paradise Hills
Poverty rate	6.9%	13.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1998	1975