Arenas Valley vs Santa Clara

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

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

Santa Clara has the higher population (1,751 vs 915 in Arenas Valley). Arenas Valley has the higher median household income ($74,107 vs $46,094 in Santa Clara). Arenas Valley has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $120,900 in Santa Clara).

Population, income & housing

	Arenas Valley	Santa Clara
Population	915	1,751
Median age	56.9 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,107	$46,094
Median home value	$166,100	$120,900
Median gross rent	—	$710
Housing units	527	836
Homeownership rate	81.8%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenas Valley	Santa Clara
Population	1,813 → 915 (-49.5%)	1,766 → 1,751 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$43,015 → $74,107 (+72.3%)	$33,063 → $46,094 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $166,100 (-1.3%)	$79,000 → $120,900 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $946 (-26.0%)	$714 → $710 (-0.6%)

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

Santa Clara

Population

1,7661,751

Median household income

$33,063$46,094

Median home value

$79,000$120,900

Median gross rent

$714$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenas Valley	Santa Clara
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	4.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	5.4%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	17.8%	16.4%
75 and over	28.5%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenas Valley	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	23.9%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	39.6%	75.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenas Valley	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	20.2%	24.1%
High school graduate	33.1%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenas Valley	Santa Clara
Drove alone	82.6%	92.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arenas Valley	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	26.9%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	70.0%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Arenas Valley	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	20.4%	30.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1984	1966