Carnuel vs Ponderosa Pine

A side-by-side comparison of Carnuel and Ponderosa Pine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ponderosa Pine has the higher population (1,091 vs 842 in Carnuel). Carnuel has the higher median household income ($89,432 vs $83,864 in Ponderosa Pine). Ponderosa Pine has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $233,700 in Carnuel).

Population, income & housing

	Carnuel	Ponderosa Pine
Population	842	1,091
Median age	56.3 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,432	$83,864
Median home value	$233,700	$295,500
Housing units	414	599
Homeownership rate	93.7%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnuel	Ponderosa Pine
Population	1,305 → 842 (-35.5%)	1,159 → 1,091 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$62,604 → $89,432 (+42.9%)	$72,292 → $83,864 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$244,400 → $233,700 (-4.4%)	$260,300 → $295,500 (+13.5%)

Carnuel

Population

1,305842

Median household income

$62,604$89,432

Median home value

$244,400$233,700

Ponderosa Pine

Population

1,1591,091

Median household income

$72,292$83,864

Median home value

$260,300$295,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnuel	Ponderosa Pine
Under 5	1.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	4.4%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	2.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	20.8%	34.8%
75 and over	12.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnuel	Ponderosa Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	80.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnuel	Ponderosa Pine
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	32.4%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnuel	Ponderosa Pine
Drove alone	74.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnuel	Ponderosa Pine
1-unit, detached	60.4%	93.2%
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%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Carnuel	Ponderosa Pine
Poverty rate	13.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1975	1983