Mesquite vs Placitas

A side-by-side comparison of Mesquite and Placitas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mesquite has the higher population (584 vs 473 in Placitas). Mesquite has the higher median household income ($68,330 vs $14,907 in Placitas). Since 2019, Mesquite's population has grown faster (+43.1% vs +29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Mesquite	Placitas
Population	584	473
Median age	63.1 yrs	19.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,330	$14,907
Median home value	$96,900	—
Median gross rent	—	$462
Housing units	374	188
Homeownership rate	100.0%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesquite	Placitas
Population	408 → 584 (+43.1%)	364 → 473 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$58,186 → $68,330 (+17.4%)	$10,667 → $14,907 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $96,900 (+11.3%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$459 → $462 (+0.7%)

Mesquite

Population

408584

Median household income

$58,186$68,330

Median home value

$87,100$96,900

Placitas

Population

364473

Median household income

$10,667$14,907

Median gross rent

$459$462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesquite	Placitas
Under 5	0.7%	16.3%
5 to 17	1.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	29.4%
25 to 34	1.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	37.7%	18.6%
55 to 64	50.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.3%
75 and over	8.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesquite	Placitas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesquite	Placitas
No high school diploma	47.1%	80.1%
High school graduate	52.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	0.7%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesquite	Placitas
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesquite	Placitas
1-unit, detached	41.2%	14.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	85.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mesquite	Placitas
Poverty rate	0.0%	100.0%
Average household size	1.93	2.69
Median year structure built	1994	2010