North Valley vs Paradise Hills

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

North Valley 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.

North Valley has the higher population (11,474 vs 4,662 in Paradise Hills). Paradise Hills has the higher median household income ($74,403 vs $67,115 in North Valley). North Valley has the higher median home value ($290,500 vs $241,300 in Paradise Hills).

Population, income & housing

	North Valley	Paradise Hills
Population	11,474	4,662
Median age	44.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,115	$74,403
Median home value	$290,500	$241,300
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,256
Housing units	4,516	1,958
Homeownership rate	72.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Valley	Paradise Hills
Population	13,449 → 11,474 (-14.7%)	4,656 → 4,662 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$53,744 → $67,115 (+24.9%)	$62,070 → $74,403 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$221,500 → $290,500 (+31.2%)	$182,100 → $241,300 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $1,063 (+24.8%)	$1,121 → $1,256 (+12.0%)

North Valley

Population

13,44911,474

Median household income

$53,744$67,115

Median home value

$221,500$290,500

Median gross rent

$852$1,063

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)

	North Valley	Paradise Hills
Under 5	3.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	14.1%
75 and over	10.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Valley	Paradise Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	49.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	6.6%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	56.3%	39.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Valley	Paradise Hills
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	29.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Valley	Paradise Hills
Drove alone	73.5%	68.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.4%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Valley	Paradise Hills
1-unit, detached	65.3%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Valley	Paradise Hills
Poverty rate	20.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1976	1975