Happy Valley vs Livingston Wheeler

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

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

Livingston Wheeler has the higher population (643 vs 616 in Happy Valley). Livingston Wheeler has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $144,400 in Happy Valley). Since 2019, Livingston Wheeler's population has grown faster (-8.9% vs -20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Valley	Livingston Wheeler
Population	616	643
Median age	54.0 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median home value	$144,400	$164,300
Median gross rent	$1,153	—
Housing units	355	244
Homeownership rate	86.5%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Valley	Livingston Wheeler
Population	774 → 616 (-20.4%)	706 → 643 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$61,120 → $61,083 (-0.1%)	—
Median home value	$208,300 → $144,400 (-30.7%)	$166,600 → $164,300 (-1.4%)
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

Livingston Wheeler

Population

706643

Median home value

$166,600$164,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Happy Valley	Livingston Wheeler
Under 5	0.0%	18.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	1.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	20.2%
45 to 54	21.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	33.9%	15.1%
75 and over	6.8%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Valley	Livingston Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	51.6%
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%	48.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Valley	Livingston Wheeler
No high school diploma	13.5%	12.8%
High school graduate	15.5%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	65.4%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Valley	Livingston Wheeler
Drove alone	93.5%	93.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.8%
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	Livingston Wheeler
1-unit, detached	71.3%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
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%	36.5%

Poverty & households

	Happy Valley	Livingston Wheeler
Poverty rate	28.2%	3.7%
Average household size	1.89	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	13
Median year structure built	1959	1986