Mesilla vs Radium Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Mesilla and Radium Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mesilla has the higher population (1,850 vs 1,661 in Radium Springs). Mesilla has the higher median household income ($73,681 vs $50,000 in Radium Springs). Mesilla has the higher median home value ($296,200 vs $132,100 in Radium Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Mesilla	Radium Springs
Population	1,850	1,661
Median age	55.1 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,681	$50,000
Median home value	$296,200	$132,100
Median gross rent	$1,058	$747
Housing units	896	546
Homeownership rate	82.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesilla	Radium Springs
Population	2,280 → 1,850 (-18.9%)	1,467 → 1,661 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$47,388 → $73,681 (+55.5%)	$43,596 → $50,000 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$213,500 → $296,200 (+38.7%)	$109,700 → $132,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $1,058 (+45.5%)	$629 → $747 (+18.8%)

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

Radium Springs

Population

1,4671,661

Median household income

$43,596$50,000

Median home value

$109,700$132,100

Median gross rent

$629$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesilla	Radium Springs
Under 5	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	24.9%
18 to 24	17.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	3.4%	18.2%
35 to 44	4.6%	4.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	21.4%	7.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	15.1%
75 and over	15.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesilla	Radium Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	50.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	41.5%	48.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesilla	Radium Springs
No high school diploma	6.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	23.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesilla	Radium Springs
Drove alone	66.7%	97.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	1.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesilla	Radium Springs
1-unit, detached	90.7%	35.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	64.8%

Poverty & households

	Mesilla	Radium Springs
Poverty rate	5.4%	13.7%
Average household size	2.30	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1969	1988