Las Cruces vs Santa Teresa

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

Las Cruces 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.

Las Cruces has the higher population (112,612 vs 5,973 in Santa Teresa). Santa Teresa has the higher median household income ($60,759 vs $55,176 in Las Cruces). Las Cruces has the higher median home value ($217,400 vs $216,600 in Santa Teresa).

Population, income & housing

	Las Cruces	Santa Teresa
Population	112,612	5,973
Median age	32.7 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,176	$60,759
Median home value	$217,400	$216,600
Median gross rent	$946	$1,259
Housing units	49,809	2,264
Homeownership rate	55.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Cruces	Santa Teresa
Population	102,102 → 112,612 (+10.3%)	5,515 → 5,973 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$43,022 → $55,176 (+28.3%)	$51,529 → $60,759 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $217,400 (+40.1%)	$186,300 → $216,600 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $946 (+20.1%)	$849 → $1,259 (+48.3%)

Las Cruces

Population

102,102112,612

Median household income

$43,022$55,176

Median home value

$155,200$217,400

Median gross rent

$788$946

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)

	Las Cruces	Santa Teresa
Under 5	5.9%	9.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	14.9%	14.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	9.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.2%
75 and over	6.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Cruces	Santa Teresa
White (non-Hispanic)	33.4%	16.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	59.4%	81.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Cruces	Santa Teresa
No high school diploma	11.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	19.5%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Cruces	Santa Teresa
Drove alone	74.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	15.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	5.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Cruces	Santa Teresa
1-unit, detached	60.1%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	18.2%
20 or more units	6.2%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Las Cruces	Santa Teresa
Poverty rate	22.0%	28.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1989	1993