Atoka vs Happy Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Atoka and Happy Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atoka has the higher population (1,038 vs 616 in Happy Valley). Happy Valley has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $119,100 in Atoka). Since 2019, Atoka's population has grown faster (-13.0% vs -20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Atoka	Happy Valley
Population	1,038	616
Median age	31.3 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,959	—
Median home value	$119,100	$144,400
Median gross rent	$1,136	$1,153
Housing units	449	355
Homeownership rate	85.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atoka	Happy Valley
Population	1,193 → 1,038 (-13.0%)	774 → 616 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$60,679 → $69,959 (+15.3%)	$61,120 → $61,083 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$149,700 → $119,100 (-20.4%)	$208,300 → $144,400 (-30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,136 (+13.3%)	$1,261 → $1,153 (-8.6%)

Atoka

Population

1,1931,038

Median household income

$60,679$69,959

Median home value

$149,700$119,100

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,136

Happy Valley

Population

774616

Median household income

$61,120$61,083

Median home value

$208,300$144,400

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atoka	Happy Valley
Under 5	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	9.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	26.3%	2.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	4.0%	21.4%
55 to 64	27.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	33.9%
75 and over	1.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atoka	Happy Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	73.4%
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%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	67.7%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atoka	Happy Valley
No high school diploma	8.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	18.1%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	59.4%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atoka	Happy Valley
Drove alone	68.1%	93.5%
Carpooled	30.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atoka	Happy Valley
1-unit, detached	26.5%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	73.5%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Atoka	Happy Valley
Poverty rate	4.6%	28.2%
Average household size	2.45	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1995	1959