Chaparral vs Sunland Park

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

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

Sunland Park has the higher population (17,085 vs 16,642 in Chaparral). Sunland Park has the higher median household income ($52,147 vs $46,102 in Chaparral). Sunland Park has the higher median home value ($194,900 vs $101,900 in Chaparral).

Population, income & housing

	Chaparral	Sunland Park
Population	16,642	17,085
Median age	31.2 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,102	$52,147
Median home value	$101,900	$194,900
Median gross rent	$874	$770
Housing units	5,914	6,250
Homeownership rate	66.4%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaparral	Sunland Park
Population	14,437 → 16,642 (+15.3%)	17,081 → 17,085 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$24,665 → $46,102 (+86.9%)	$27,266 → $52,147 (+91.3%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $101,900 (+30.6%)	$111,100 → $194,900 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $874 (+35.9%)	$623 → $770 (+23.6%)

Chaparral

Population

14,43716,642

Median household income

$24,665$46,102

Median home value

$78,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$643$874

Sunland Park

Population

17,08117,085

Median household income

$27,266$52,147

Median home value

$111,100$194,900

Median gross rent

$623$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chaparral	Sunland Park
Under 5	5.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	24.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.2%
75 and over	5.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaparral	Sunland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	5.8%	5.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	90.7%	93.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaparral	Sunland Park
No high school diploma	34.1%	23.8%
High school graduate	25.1%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaparral	Sunland Park
Drove alone	79.9%	74.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.4%
Other means	2.2%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaparral	Sunland Park
1-unit, detached	29.2%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	66.1%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Chaparral	Sunland Park
Poverty rate	28.8%	25.1%
Average household size	3.49	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1993	2000