Anthony vs Santa Teresa

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

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

Anthony has the higher population (8,701 vs 5,973 in Santa Teresa). Santa Teresa has the higher median household income ($60,759 vs $33,141 in Anthony). Santa Teresa has the higher median home value ($216,600 vs $110,800 in Anthony).

Population, income & housing

	Anthony	Santa Teresa
Population	8,701	5,973
Median age	29.7 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,141	$60,759
Median home value	$110,800	$216,600
Median gross rent	$550	$1,259
Housing units	3,100	2,264
Homeownership rate	66.1%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthony	Santa Teresa
Population	9,310 → 8,701 (-6.5%)	5,515 → 5,973 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$23,948 → $33,141 (+38.4%)	$51,529 → $60,759 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $110,800 (+6.7%)	$186,300 → $216,600 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $550 (-2.0%)	$849 → $1,259 (+48.3%)

Anthony

Population

9,3108,701

Median household income

$23,948$33,141

Median home value

$103,800$110,800

Median gross rent

$561$550

Santa Teresa

Population

5,5155,973

Median household income

$51,529$60,759

Median home value

$186,300$216,600

Median gross rent

$849$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthony	Santa Teresa
Under 5	5.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	26.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	14.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	7.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.2%
75 and over	6.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthony	Santa Teresa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	16.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	81.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthony	Santa Teresa
No high school diploma	46.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthony	Santa Teresa
Drove alone	83.1%	79.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthony	Santa Teresa
1-unit, detached	56.3%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	18.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Anthony	Santa Teresa
Poverty rate	36.0%	28.9%
Average household size	2.93	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1991	1993