Santa Teresa vs Vado

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

Santa Teresa and Vado 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 3,185 in Vado). Santa Teresa has the higher median household income ($60,759 vs $29,844 in Vado). Santa Teresa has the higher median home value ($216,600 vs $108,300 in Vado).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Teresa	Vado
Population	5,973	3,185
Median age	33.2 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,759	$29,844
Median home value	$216,600	$108,300
Median gross rent	$1,259	$545
Housing units	2,264	972
Homeownership rate	68.7%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Teresa	Vado
Population	5,515 → 5,973 (+8.3%)	3,099 → 3,185 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$51,529 → $60,759 (+17.9%)	$32,093 → $29,844 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$186,300 → $216,600 (+16.3%)	$108,100 → $108,300 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $1,259 (+48.3%)	$506 → $545 (+7.7%)

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

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)

	Santa Teresa	Vado
Under 5	9.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	34.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	19.2%
45 to 54	7.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	7.3%
65 to 74	6.2%	4.2%
75 and over	6.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Teresa	Vado
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	5.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	81.2%	94.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Teresa	Vado
No high school diploma	10.4%	48.3%
High school graduate	28.2%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Teresa	Vado
Drove alone	79.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	15.1%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Teresa	Vado
1-unit, detached	67.8%	28.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	69.8%

Poverty & households

	Santa Teresa	Vado
Poverty rate	28.9%	35.7%
Average household size	2.78	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1993	1985