Mesilla vs Vado

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

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

Vado has the higher population (3,185 vs 1,850 in Mesilla). Mesilla has the higher median household income ($73,681 vs $29,844 in Vado). Mesilla has the higher median home value ($296,200 vs $108,300 in Vado).

Population, income & housing

	Mesilla	Vado
Population	1,850	3,185
Median age	55.1 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,681	$29,844
Median home value	$296,200	$108,300
Median gross rent	$1,058	$545
Housing units	896	972
Homeownership rate	82.7%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesilla	Vado
Population	2,280 → 1,850 (-18.9%)	3,099 → 3,185 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$47,388 → $73,681 (+55.5%)	$32,093 → $29,844 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$213,500 → $296,200 (+38.7%)	$108,100 → $108,300 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $1,058 (+45.5%)	$506 → $545 (+7.7%)

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

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)

	Mesilla	Vado
Under 5	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.2%	34.2%
18 to 24	17.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	3.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	4.6%	19.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	21.4%	7.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	4.2%
75 and over	15.1%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesilla	Vado
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	5.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.5%	94.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesilla	Vado
No high school diploma	6.9%	48.3%
High school graduate	23.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesilla	Vado
Drove alone	66.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	15.6%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesilla	Vado
1-unit, detached	90.7%	28.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.9%
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%	69.8%

Poverty & households

	Mesilla	Vado
Poverty rate	5.4%	35.7%
Average household size	2.30	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1969	1985