Melrose vs Texico

A side-by-side comparison of Melrose and Texico: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Texico has the higher population (858 vs 536 in Melrose). Texico has the higher median household income ($63,958 vs $33,333 in Melrose). Texico has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $78,600 in Melrose).

Population, income & housing

	Melrose	Texico
Population	536	858
Median age	48.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,333	$63,958
Median home value	$78,600	$95,000
Median gross rent	$548	$916
Housing units	313	441
Homeownership rate	77.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melrose	Texico
Population	600 → 536 (-10.7%)	1,033 → 858 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$51,103 → $33,333 (-34.8%)	$42,792 → $63,958 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$82,300 → $78,600 (-4.5%)	$87,200 → $95,000 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $548 (-14.6%)	$798 → $916 (+14.8%)

Melrose

Population

600536

Median household income

$51,103$33,333

Median home value

$82,300$78,600

Median gross rent

$642$548

Texico

Population

1,033858

Median household income

$42,792$63,958

Median home value

$87,200$95,000

Median gross rent

$798$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melrose	Texico
Under 5	9.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	5.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	25.6%	20.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.5%
75 and over	7.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melrose	Texico
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	38.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	51.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melrose	Texico
No high school diploma	23.0%	31.6%
High school graduate	21.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	49.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melrose	Texico
Drove alone	77.9%	87.9%
Carpooled	16.9%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melrose	Texico
1-unit, detached	72.2%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Melrose	Texico
Poverty rate	28.5%	21.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1960	1974