DoÃ±a Ana vs Salem

A side-by-side comparison of DoÃ±a Ana and Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

DoÃ±a Ana and Salem are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

DoÃ±a Ana has the higher population (1,154 vs 834 in Salem). Salem has the higher median household income ($56,103 vs $28,346 in DoÃ±a Ana). DoÃ±a Ana has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $55,300 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	DoÃ±a Ana	Salem
Population	1,154	834
Median age	43.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,346	$56,103
Median home value	$107,500	$55,300
Housing units	474	235
Homeownership rate	98.3%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DoÃ±a Ana	Salem
Population	1,158 → 1,154 (-0.3%)	311 → 834 (+168.2%)
Median household income	$18,876 → $28,346 (+50.2%)	$50,994 → $56,103 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$99,900 → $107,500 (+7.6%)	$32,000 → $55,300 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $705 (+11.9%)	—

DoÃ±a Ana

Population

1,1581,154

Median household income

$18,876$28,346

Median home value

$99,900$107,500

Median gross rent

$630$705

Salem

Population

311834

Median household income

$50,994$56,103

Median home value

$32,000$55,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DoÃ±a Ana	Salem
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	31.7%	27.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	21.3%	24.3%
45 to 54	1.6%	6.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	3.0%
75 and over	7.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DoÃ±a Ana	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	9.7%	2.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	90.1%	98.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DoÃ±a Ana	Salem
No high school diploma	38.8%	55.3%
High school graduate	22.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DoÃ±a Ana	Salem
Drove alone	72.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	20.1%	20.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DoÃ±a Ana	Salem
1-unit, detached	69.0%	25.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.0%	74.9%

Poverty & households

	DoÃ±a Ana	Salem
Poverty rate	58.9%	47.5%
Average household size	2.74	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	12	30
Median year structure built	1973	1984