Arenas Valley vs Hurley

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

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

Hurley has the higher population (1,137 vs 915 in Arenas Valley). Arenas Valley has the higher median household income ($74,107 vs $41,167 in Hurley). Arenas Valley has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $82,900 in Hurley).

Population, income & housing

	Arenas Valley	Hurley
Population	915	1,137
Median age	56.9 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,107	$41,167
Median home value	$166,100	$82,900
Median gross rent	—	$807
Housing units	527	659
Homeownership rate	81.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenas Valley	Hurley
Population	1,813 → 915 (-49.5%)	1,384 → 1,137 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$43,015 → $74,107 (+72.3%)	$39,271 → $41,167 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $166,100 (-1.3%)	$82,000 → $82,900 (+1.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $946 (-26.0%)	$828 → $807 (-2.5%)

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

Hurley

Population

1,3841,137

Median household income

$39,271$41,167

Median home value

$82,000$82,900

Median gross rent

$828$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenas Valley	Hurley
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	4.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	5.4%	1.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	22.5%
65 to 74	17.8%	17.6%
75 and over	28.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenas Valley	Hurley
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	22.0%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	39.6%	76.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenas Valley	Hurley
No high school diploma	20.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	33.1%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenas Valley	Hurley
Drove alone	82.6%	92.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arenas Valley	Hurley
1-unit, detached	26.9%	76.6%
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%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Arenas Valley	Hurley
Poverty rate	20.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1984	1953