Hatch vs Picacho Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Hatch and Picacho Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Picacho Hills has the higher population (1,995 vs 1,663 in Hatch). Picacho Hills has the higher median household income ($124,250 vs $40,625 in Hatch). Picacho Hills has the higher median home value ($438,600 vs $110,700 in Hatch).

Population, income & housing

	Hatch	Picacho Hills
Population	1,663	1,995
Median age	26.8 yrs	67.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$124,250
Median home value	$110,700	$438,600
Median gross rent	$509	—
Housing units	531	898
Homeownership rate	78.8%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	17.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hatch	Picacho Hills
Population	1,955 → 1,663 (-14.9%)	1,770 → 1,995 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$24,167 → $40,625 (+68.1%)	$90,054 → $124,250 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $110,700 (+33.2%)	$371,700 → $438,600 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $509 (+3.0%)	$1,673 → $1,606 (-4.0%)

Hatch

Population

1,9551,663

Median household income

$24,167$40,625

Median home value

$83,100$110,700

Median gross rent

$494$509

Picacho Hills

Population

1,7701,995

Median household income

$90,054$124,250

Median home value

$371,700$438,600

Median gross rent

$1,673$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hatch	Picacho Hills
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	28.7%	3.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	2.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	1.1%
55 to 64	6.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	28.4%
75 and over	5.7%	26.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hatch	Picacho Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	15.3%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	84.7%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hatch	Picacho Hills
No high school diploma	45.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	29.3%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	35.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hatch	Picacho Hills
Drove alone	82.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	20.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hatch	Picacho Hills
1-unit, detached	65.7%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hatch	Picacho Hills
Poverty rate	28.1%	5.9%
Average household size	3.35	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1974	2005