Arenas Valley vs Gila

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

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

Arenas Valley has the higher population (915 vs 417 in Gila). Gila has the higher median home value ($262,000 vs $166,100 in Arenas Valley). Since 2019, Gila's population has grown faster (+84.5% vs -49.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Arenas Valley	Gila
Population	915	417
Median age	56.9 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,107	—
Median home value	$166,100	$262,000
Housing units	527	149
Homeownership rate	81.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenas Valley	Gila
Population	1,813 → 915 (-49.5%)	226 → 417 (+84.5%)
Median household income	$43,015 → $74,107 (+72.3%)	$86,169 → $91,667 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $166,100 (-1.3%)	$239,300 → $262,000 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $946 (-26.0%)	—

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

Gila

Population

226417

Median household income

$86,169$91,667

Median home value

$239,300$262,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenas Valley	Gila
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.6%	9.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	23.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	29.7%
65 to 74	17.8%	5.0%
75 and over	28.5%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenas Valley	Gila
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	24.9%
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%	19.4%
Hispanic or Latino	39.6%	55.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenas Valley	Gila
No high school diploma	20.2%	19.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenas Valley	Gila
Drove alone	82.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arenas Valley	Gila
1-unit, detached	26.9%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	70.0%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Arenas Valley	Gila
Poverty rate	20.4%	36.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1984	1948