Picacho Hills vs White Sands

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

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

Picacho Hills has the higher population (1,995 vs 1,577 in White Sands). Picacho Hills has the higher median household income ($124,250 vs $87,059 in White Sands). Since 2019, White Sands's population has grown faster (+26.6% vs +12.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Picacho Hills	White Sands
Population	1,995	1,577
Median age	67.2 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$124,250	$87,059
Median home value	$438,600	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,288
Housing units	898	461
Homeownership rate	96.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.4%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Picacho Hills	White Sands
Population	1,770 → 1,995 (+12.7%)	1,246 → 1,577 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$90,054 → $124,250 (+38.0%)	$56,250 → $87,059 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$371,700 → $438,600 (+18.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $1,606 (-4.0%)	$1,069 → $1,288 (+20.5%)

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

White Sands

Population

1,2461,577

Median household income

$56,250$87,059

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Picacho Hills	White Sands
Under 5	5.7%	15.8%
5 to 17	3.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	38.7%
25 to 34	2.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	1.1%	3.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	6.2%
65 to 74	28.4%	0.8%
75 and over	26.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Picacho Hills	White Sands
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	65.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	6.6%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Picacho Hills	White Sands
No high school diploma	1.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	12.4%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	35.9%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Picacho Hills	White Sands
Drove alone	73.4%	65.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	18.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.6%
Worked from home	20.3%	3.9%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Picacho Hills	White Sands
1-unit, detached	93.8%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Picacho Hills	White Sands
Poverty rate	5.9%	1.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	11
Median year structure built	2005	2003