Picacho Hills vs Santa Teresa

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

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

Santa Teresa has the higher population (5,973 vs 1,995 in Picacho Hills). Picacho Hills has the higher median household income ($124,250 vs $60,759 in Santa Teresa). Picacho Hills has the higher median home value ($438,600 vs $216,600 in Santa Teresa).

Population, income & housing

	Picacho Hills	Santa Teresa
Population	1,995	5,973
Median age	67.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$124,250	$60,759
Median home value	$438,600	$216,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,259
Housing units	898	2,264
Homeownership rate	96.9%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.4%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Picacho Hills	Santa Teresa
Population	1,770 → 1,995 (+12.7%)	5,515 → 5,973 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$90,054 → $124,250 (+38.0%)	$51,529 → $60,759 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$371,700 → $438,600 (+18.0%)	$186,300 → $216,600 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $1,606 (-4.0%)	$849 → $1,259 (+48.3%)

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

Santa Teresa

Population

5,5155,973

Median household income

$51,529$60,759

Median home value

$186,300$216,600

Median gross rent

$849$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Picacho Hills	Santa Teresa
Under 5	5.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	3.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	14.5%
25 to 34	2.9%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	1.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	28.4%	6.2%
75 and over	26.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Picacho Hills	Santa Teresa
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	16.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	81.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Picacho Hills	Santa Teresa
No high school diploma	1.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	12.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	35.9%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Picacho Hills	Santa Teresa
Drove alone	73.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	5.1%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Picacho Hills	Santa Teresa
1-unit, detached	93.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Picacho Hills	Santa Teresa
Poverty rate	5.9%	28.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	2005	1993