Mesilla vs San Ysidro

A side-by-side comparison of Mesilla and San Ysidro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Ysidro has the higher population (2,179 vs 1,850 in Mesilla). San Ysidro has the higher median household income ($90,724 vs $73,681 in Mesilla). San Ysidro has the higher median home value ($306,900 vs $296,200 in Mesilla).

Population, income & housing

	Mesilla	San Ysidro
Population	1,850	2,179
Median age	55.1 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,681	$90,724
Median home value	$296,200	$306,900
Median gross rent	$1,058	$931
Housing units	896	1,021
Homeownership rate	82.7%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesilla	San Ysidro
Population	2,280 → 1,850 (-18.9%)	2,060 → 2,179 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$47,388 → $73,681 (+55.5%)	$75,883 → $90,724 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$213,500 → $296,200 (+38.7%)	$197,800 → $306,900 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $1,058 (+45.5%)	$751 → $931 (+24.0%)

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

San Ysidro

Population

2,0602,179

Median household income

$75,883$90,724

Median home value

$197,800$306,900

Median gross rent

$751$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesilla	San Ysidro
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	8.9%
18 to 24	17.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	3.4%	19.8%
35 to 44	4.6%	4.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	5.7%
55 to 64	21.4%	33.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	13.4%
75 and over	15.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesilla	San Ysidro
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	53.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.5%	45.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesilla	San Ysidro
No high school diploma	6.9%	13.7%
High school graduate	23.3%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesilla	San Ysidro
Drove alone	66.7%	91.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.1%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesilla	San Ysidro
1-unit, detached	90.7%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Mesilla	San Ysidro
Poverty rate	5.4%	15.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1969	1991