Chaparral vs Santa Teresa

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

Chaparral 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.

Chaparral has the higher population (16,642 vs 5,973 in Santa Teresa). Santa Teresa has the higher median household income ($60,759 vs $46,102 in Chaparral). Santa Teresa has the higher median home value ($216,600 vs $101,900 in Chaparral).

Population, income & housing

	Chaparral	Santa Teresa
Population	16,642	5,973
Median age	31.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,102	$60,759
Median home value	$101,900	$216,600
Median gross rent	$874	$1,259
Housing units	5,914	2,264
Homeownership rate	66.4%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaparral	Santa Teresa
Population	14,437 → 16,642 (+15.3%)	5,515 → 5,973 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$24,665 → $46,102 (+86.9%)	$51,529 → $60,759 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $101,900 (+30.6%)	$186,300 → $216,600 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $874 (+35.9%)	$849 → $1,259 (+48.3%)

Chaparral

Population

14,43716,642

Median household income

$24,665$46,102

Median home value

$78,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$643$874

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)

	Chaparral	Santa Teresa
Under 5	5.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	24.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	14.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.2%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaparral	Santa Teresa
White (non-Hispanic)	5.8%	16.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	90.7%	81.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaparral	Santa Teresa
No high school diploma	34.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaparral	Santa Teresa
Drove alone	79.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	11.5%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaparral	Santa Teresa
1-unit, detached	29.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	18.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	66.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Chaparral	Santa Teresa
Poverty rate	28.8%	28.9%
Average household size	3.49	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1993	1993