Carnuel vs Cedar Crest

A side-by-side comparison of Carnuel and Cedar Crest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carnuel has the higher population (842 vs 746 in Cedar Crest). Cedar Crest has the higher median household income ($143,750 vs $89,432 in Carnuel). Cedar Crest has the higher median home value ($254,200 vs $233,700 in Carnuel).

Population, income & housing

	Carnuel	Cedar Crest
Population	842	746
Median age	56.3 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,432	$143,750
Median home value	$233,700	$254,200
Housing units	414	490
Homeownership rate	93.7%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnuel	Cedar Crest
Population	1,305 → 842 (-35.5%)	691 → 746 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$62,604 → $89,432 (+42.9%)	$85,484 → $143,750 (+68.2%)
Median home value	$244,400 → $233,700 (-4.4%)	$321,900 → $254,200 (-21.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,701 → $859 (-49.5%)

Carnuel

Population

1,305842

Median household income

$62,604$89,432

Median home value

$244,400$233,700

Cedar Crest

Population

691746

Median household income

$85,484$143,750

Median home value

$321,900$254,200

Median gross rent

$1,701$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnuel	Cedar Crest
Under 5	1.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	5.4%
18 to 24	1.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	5.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	3.6%
45 to 54	4.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.3%	39.9%
65 to 74	20.8%	14.7%
75 and over	12.8%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnuel	Cedar Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	78.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnuel	Cedar Crest
No high school diploma	11.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	32.4%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnuel	Cedar Crest
Drove alone	74.1%	87.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnuel	Cedar Crest
1-unit, detached	60.4%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Carnuel	Cedar Crest
Poverty rate	13.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.53	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1975	1985