Picacho Hills vs Vado

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

Picacho Hills 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 1,995 in Picacho Hills). Picacho Hills has the higher median household income ($124,250 vs $29,844 in Vado). Picacho Hills has the higher median home value ($438,600 vs $108,300 in Vado).

Population, income & housing

	Picacho Hills	Vado
Population	1,995	3,185
Median age	67.2 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$124,250	$29,844
Median home value	$438,600	$108,300
Median gross rent	—	$545
Housing units	898	972
Homeownership rate	96.9%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.4%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Picacho Hills	Vado
Population	1,770 → 1,995 (+12.7%)	3,099 → 3,185 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$90,054 → $124,250 (+38.0%)	$32,093 → $29,844 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$371,700 → $438,600 (+18.0%)	$108,100 → $108,300 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $1,606 (-4.0%)	$506 → $545 (+7.7%)

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

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)

	Picacho Hills	Vado
Under 5	5.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	3.9%	34.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	2.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	19.2%
45 to 54	1.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	7.3%
65 to 74	28.4%	4.2%
75 and over	26.8%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Picacho Hills	Vado
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	5.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	94.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Picacho Hills	Vado
No high school diploma	1.4%	48.3%
High school graduate	12.4%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	35.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Picacho Hills	Vado
Drove alone	73.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	0.6%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Picacho Hills	Vado
1-unit, detached	93.8%	28.4%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	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

	Picacho Hills	Vado
Poverty rate	5.9%	35.7%
Average household size	2.36	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	2005	1985