Arenas Valley vs Bayard

A side-by-side comparison of Arenas Valley and Bayard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayard has the higher population (2,370 vs 915 in Arenas Valley). Arenas Valley has the higher median household income ($74,107 vs $33,269 in Bayard). Arenas Valley has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $118,100 in Bayard).

Population, income & housing

	Arenas Valley	Bayard
Population	915	2,370
Median age	56.9 yrs	24.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,107	$33,269
Median home value	$166,100	$118,100
Median gross rent	—	$653
Housing units	527	1,151
Homeownership rate	81.8%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenas Valley	Bayard
Population	1,813 → 915 (-49.5%)	2,442 → 2,370 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$43,015 → $74,107 (+72.3%)	$36,892 → $33,269 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $166,100 (-1.3%)	$89,100 → $118,100 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $946 (-26.0%)	$636 → $653 (+2.7%)

Arenas Valley

Population

1,813915

Median household income

$43,015$74,107

Median home value

$168,300$166,100

Median gross rent

$1,279$946

Bayard

Population

2,4422,370

Median household income

$36,892$33,269

Median home value

$89,100$118,100

Median gross rent

$636$653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenas Valley	Bayard
Under 5	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	4.6%	21.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	20.8%
25 to 34	5.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	2.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	6.9%
65 to 74	17.8%	12.5%
75 and over	28.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenas Valley	Bayard
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	20.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.3%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	39.6%	79.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenas Valley	Bayard
No high school diploma	20.2%	12.7%
High school graduate	33.1%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenas Valley	Bayard
Drove alone	82.6%	62.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	30.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arenas Valley	Bayard
1-unit, detached	26.9%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	70.0%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Arenas Valley	Bayard
Poverty rate	20.4%	31.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1984	1967