Anthony vs Chaparral

A side-by-side comparison of Anthony and Chaparral: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chaparral has the higher population (16,642 vs 8,701 in Anthony). Chaparral has the higher median household income ($46,102 vs $33,141 in Anthony). Anthony has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $101,900 in Chaparral).

Population, income & housing

	Anthony	Chaparral
Population	8,701	16,642
Median age	29.7 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,141	$46,102
Median home value	$110,800	$101,900
Median gross rent	$550	$874
Housing units	3,100	5,914
Homeownership rate	66.1%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthony	Chaparral
Population	9,310 → 8,701 (-6.5%)	14,437 → 16,642 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$23,948 → $33,141 (+38.4%)	$24,665 → $46,102 (+86.9%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $110,800 (+6.7%)	$78,000 → $101,900 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $550 (-2.0%)	$643 → $874 (+35.9%)

Anthony

Population

9,3108,701

Median household income

$23,948$33,141

Median home value

$103,800$110,800

Median gross rent

$561$550

Chaparral

Population

14,43716,642

Median household income

$24,665$46,102

Median home value

$78,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$643$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthony	Chaparral
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	26.3%	24.7%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.1%
75 and over	6.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthony	Chaparral
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	5.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	90.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthony	Chaparral
No high school diploma	46.1%	34.1%
High school graduate	27.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthony	Chaparral
Drove alone	83.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.3%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthony	Chaparral
1-unit, detached	56.3%	29.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	66.1%

Poverty & households

	Anthony	Chaparral
Poverty rate	36.0%	28.8%
Average household size	2.93	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1991	1993