Arenas Valley vs Little Walnut Village

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

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

Little Walnut Village has the higher population (1,520 vs 915 in Arenas Valley). Little Walnut Village has the higher median household income ($100,170 vs $74,107 in Arenas Valley). Little Walnut Village has the higher median home value ($278,600 vs $166,100 in Arenas Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Arenas Valley	Little Walnut Village
Population	915	1,520
Median age	56.9 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,107	$100,170
Median home value	$166,100	$278,600
Housing units	527	813
Homeownership rate	81.8%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenas Valley	Little Walnut Village
Population	1,813 → 915 (-49.5%)	1,886 → 1,520 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$43,015 → $74,107 (+72.3%)	$86,691 → $100,170 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $166,100 (-1.3%)	$234,700 → $278,600 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $946 (-26.0%)	$1,622 → $1,644 (+1.4%)

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

Little Walnut Village

Population

1,8861,520

Median household income

$86,691$100,170

Median home value

$234,700$278,600

Median gross rent

$1,622$1,644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenas Valley	Little Walnut Village
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	5.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	6.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	17.8%	21.6%
75 and over	28.5%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenas Valley	Little Walnut Village
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	71.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	39.6%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenas Valley	Little Walnut Village
No high school diploma	20.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenas Valley	Little Walnut Village
Drove alone	82.6%	68.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	29.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arenas Valley	Little Walnut Village
1-unit, detached	26.9%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	70.0%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Arenas Valley	Little Walnut Village
Poverty rate	20.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1984	1982