Arenas Valley vs Mimbres

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

Arenas Valley and Mimbres 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 409 in Mimbres). Mimbres has the higher median household income ($77,244 vs $74,107 in Arenas Valley). Mimbres has the higher median home value ($181,800 vs $166,100 in Arenas Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Arenas Valley	Mimbres
Population	915	409
Median age	56.9 yrs	67.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,107	$77,244
Median home value	$166,100	$181,800
Housing units	527	226
Homeownership rate	81.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	85.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenas Valley	Mimbres
Population	1,813 → 915 (-49.5%)	572 → 409 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$43,015 → $74,107 (+72.3%)	$29,636 → $77,244 (+160.6%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $166,100 (-1.3%)	$157,300 → $181,800 (+15.6%)
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

Mimbres

Population

572409

Median household income

$29,636$77,244

Median home value

$157,300$181,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenas Valley	Mimbres
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	27.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	17.8%	53.5%
75 and over	28.5%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenas Valley	Mimbres
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	72.4%
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%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenas Valley	Mimbres
No high school diploma	20.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.1%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	6.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	68.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenas Valley	Mimbres
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	Mimbres
1-unit, detached	26.9%	77.4%
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%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Arenas Valley	Mimbres
Poverty rate	20.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1984	1994