Acomita Lake vs Las Tusas

A side-by-side comparison of Acomita Lake and Las Tusas: population, income, housing, and more.

Acomita Lake and Las Tusas are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Las Tusas has the higher population (716 vs 649 in Acomita Lake). Acomita Lake has the higher median household income ($81,797 vs $56,109 in Las Tusas). Since 2019, Las Tusas's population has grown faster (+76.4% vs +13.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Acomita Lake	Las Tusas
Population	649	716
Median age	37.9 yrs	72.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,797	$56,109
Median home value	—	$140,100
Housing units	151	634
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	61.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acomita Lake	Las Tusas
Population	574 → 649 (+13.1%)	406 → 716 (+76.4%)
Median household income	$68,864 → $81,797 (+18.8%)	$48,878 → $56,109 (+14.8%)
Median home value	—	$126,700 → $140,100 (+10.6%)

Acomita Lake

Population

574649

Median household income

$68,864$81,797

Las Tusas

Population

406716

Median household income

$48,878$56,109

Median home value

$126,700$140,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acomita Lake	Las Tusas
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	25.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	4.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	40.1%
75 and over	9.6%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acomita Lake	Las Tusas
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	66.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	83.1%	33.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acomita Lake	Las Tusas
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	58.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	61.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acomita Lake	Las Tusas
Drove alone	70.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	13.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acomita Lake	Las Tusas
1-unit, detached	78.1%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	47.6%

Poverty & households

	Acomita Lake	Las Tusas
Poverty rate	14.9%	55.4%
Average household size	5.45	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	37	—
Median year structure built	1991	1990