Mesilla vs Picacho Hills

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

Mesilla 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 1,850 in Mesilla). Picacho Hills has the higher median household income ($124,250 vs $73,681 in Mesilla). Picacho Hills has the higher median home value ($438,600 vs $296,200 in Mesilla).

Population, income & housing

	Mesilla	Picacho Hills
Population	1,850	1,995
Median age	55.1 yrs	67.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,681	$124,250
Median home value	$296,200	$438,600
Median gross rent	$1,058	—
Housing units	896	898
Homeownership rate	82.7%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesilla	Picacho Hills
Population	2,280 → 1,850 (-18.9%)	1,770 → 1,995 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$47,388 → $73,681 (+55.5%)	$90,054 → $124,250 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$213,500 → $296,200 (+38.7%)	$371,700 → $438,600 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $1,058 (+45.5%)	$1,673 → $1,606 (-4.0%)

Mesilla

Population

2,2801,850

Median household income

$47,388$73,681

Median home value

$213,500$296,200

Median gross rent

$727$1,058

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)

	Mesilla	Picacho Hills
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	3.9%
18 to 24	17.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	3.4%	2.9%
35 to 44	4.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	1.1%
55 to 64	21.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	28.4%
75 and over	15.1%	26.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesilla	Picacho Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	41.5%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesilla	Picacho Hills
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.4%
High school graduate	23.3%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	35.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesilla	Picacho Hills
Drove alone	66.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	3.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	20.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesilla	Picacho Hills
1-unit, detached	90.7%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mesilla	Picacho Hills
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1969	2005