Happy Valley vs Hope

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

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

Happy Valley has the higher population (616 vs 99 in Hope). Since 2019, Hope's population has grown faster (-10.0% vs -20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Valley	Hope
Population	616	99
Median age	54.0 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$103,393
Median home value	$144,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,153	—
Housing units	355	52
Homeownership rate	86.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Valley	Hope
Population	774 → 616 (-20.4%)	110 → 99 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$61,120 → $61,083 (-0.1%)	$20,000 → $103,393 (+417.0%)
Median home value	$208,300 → $144,400 (-30.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,153 (-8.6%)	—

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

Hope

Population

11099

Median household income

$20,000$103,393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Happy Valley	Hope
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	23.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	21.4%	42.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	33.9%	8.1%
75 and over	6.8%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Valley	Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	48.5%
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	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	51.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Valley	Hope
No high school diploma	13.5%	18.4%
High school graduate	15.5%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	65.4%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Valley	Hope
Drove alone	93.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Valley	Hope
1-unit, detached	71.3%	75.0%
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	28.7%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Happy Valley	Hope
Poverty rate	28.2%	0.0%
Average household size	1.89	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1959	1952