Chaparral vs Las Cruces

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

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

Las Cruces has the higher population (112,612 vs 16,642 in Chaparral). Las Cruces has the higher median household income ($55,176 vs $46,102 in Chaparral). Las Cruces has the higher median home value ($217,400 vs $101,900 in Chaparral).

Population, income & housing

	Chaparral	Las Cruces
Population	16,642	112,612
Median age	31.2 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,102	$55,176
Median home value	$101,900	$217,400
Median gross rent	$874	$946
Housing units	5,914	49,809
Homeownership rate	66.4%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaparral	Las Cruces
Population	14,437 → 16,642 (+15.3%)	102,102 → 112,612 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$24,665 → $46,102 (+86.9%)	$43,022 → $55,176 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $101,900 (+30.6%)	$155,200 → $217,400 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $874 (+35.9%)	$788 → $946 (+20.1%)

Chaparral

Population

14,43716,642

Median household income

$24,665$46,102

Median home value

$78,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$643$874

Las Cruces

Population

102,102112,612

Median household income

$43,022$55,176

Median home value

$155,200$217,400

Median gross rent

$788$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chaparral	Las Cruces
Under 5	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	24.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	14.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaparral	Las Cruces
White (non-Hispanic)	5.8%	33.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	90.7%	59.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaparral	Las Cruces
No high school diploma	34.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	25.1%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaparral	Las Cruces
Drove alone	79.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	11.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	5.3%	9.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaparral	Las Cruces
1-unit, detached	29.2%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	66.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Chaparral	Las Cruces
Poverty rate	28.8%	22.0%
Average household size	3.49	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1993	1989