Chaparral vs Vado

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

Chaparral and Vado 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 3,185 in Vado). Chaparral has the higher median household income ($46,102 vs $29,844 in Vado). Vado has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $101,900 in Chaparral).

Population, income & housing

	Chaparral	Vado
Population	16,642	3,185
Median age	31.2 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,102	$29,844
Median home value	$101,900	$108,300
Median gross rent	$874	$545
Housing units	5,914	972
Homeownership rate	66.4%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaparral	Vado
Population	14,437 → 16,642 (+15.3%)	3,099 → 3,185 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$24,665 → $46,102 (+86.9%)	$32,093 → $29,844 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $101,900 (+30.6%)	$108,100 → $108,300 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $874 (+35.9%)	$506 → $545 (+7.7%)

Chaparral

Population

14,43716,642

Median household income

$24,665$46,102

Median home value

$78,000$101,900

Median gross rent

$643$874

Vado

Population

3,0993,185

Median household income

$32,093$29,844

Median home value

$108,100$108,300

Median gross rent

$506$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chaparral	Vado
Under 5	5.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	24.7%	34.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	19.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	7.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	4.2%
75 and over	5.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaparral	Vado
White (non-Hispanic)	5.8%	5.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	90.7%	94.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaparral	Vado
No high school diploma	34.1%	48.3%
High school graduate	25.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaparral	Vado
Drove alone	79.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	11.5%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaparral	Vado
1-unit, detached	29.2%	28.4%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	66.1%	69.8%

Poverty & households

	Chaparral	Vado
Poverty rate	28.8%	35.7%
Average household size	3.49	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1993	1985