Las Cruces vs Vado

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

Las Cruces and Vado 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 3,185 in Vado). Las Cruces has the higher median household income ($55,176 vs $29,844 in Vado). Las Cruces has the higher median home value ($217,400 vs $108,300 in Vado).

Population, income & housing

	Las Cruces	Vado
Population	112,612	3,185
Median age	32.7 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,176	$29,844
Median home value	$217,400	$108,300
Median gross rent	$946	$545
Housing units	49,809	972
Homeownership rate	55.6%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Cruces	Vado
Population	102,102 → 112,612 (+10.3%)	3,099 → 3,185 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$43,022 → $55,176 (+28.3%)	$32,093 → $29,844 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$155,200 → $217,400 (+40.1%)	$108,100 → $108,300 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $946 (+20.1%)	$506 → $545 (+7.7%)

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

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)

	Las Cruces	Vado
Under 5	5.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	34.2%
18 to 24	14.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	19.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	7.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	4.2%
75 and over	6.8%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Cruces	Vado
White (non-Hispanic)	33.4%	5.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	59.4%	94.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Cruces	Vado
No high school diploma	11.9%	48.3%
High school graduate	19.5%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Cruces	Vado
Drove alone	74.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	15.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	0.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Cruces	Vado
1-unit, detached	60.1%	28.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	69.8%

Poverty & households

	Las Cruces	Vado
Poverty rate	22.0%	35.7%
Average household size	2.39	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1989	1985