Puerto de Luna vs Vaughn

A side-by-side comparison of Puerto de Luna and Vaughn: population, income, housing, and more.

Puerto de Luna and Vaughn are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vaughn has the higher population (548 vs 401 in Puerto de Luna). Puerto de Luna has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $26,300 in Vaughn). Puerto de Luna has the higher median home value ($240,900 vs $45,800 in Vaughn).

Population, income & housing

	Puerto de Luna	Vaughn
Population	401	548
Median age	53.2 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$26,300
Median home value	$240,900	$45,800
Median gross rent	—	$438
Housing units	184	251
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Puerto de Luna	Vaughn
Population	62 → 401 (+546.8%)	300 → 548 (+82.7%)
Median household income	$43,875 → $250,001 (+469.8%)	$17,381 → $26,300 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $240,900 (+83.2%)	$46,700 → $45,800 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$375 → $438 (+16.8%)

Puerto de Luna

Population

62401

Median household income

$43,875$250,001

Median home value

$131,500$240,900

Vaughn

Population

300548

Median household income

$17,381$26,300

Median home value

$46,700$45,800

Median gross rent

$375$438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Puerto de Luna	Vaughn
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.5%
35 to 44	23.7%	17.9%
45 to 54	25.9%	4.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.5%
75 and over	2.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Puerto de Luna	Vaughn
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	8.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	77.3%	91.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Puerto de Luna	Vaughn
No high school diploma	0.0%	33.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Puerto de Luna	Vaughn
Drove alone	100.0%	66.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	13.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Puerto de Luna	Vaughn
1-unit, detached	87.5%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Puerto de Luna	Vaughn
Poverty rate	2.0%	50.9%
Average household size	2.88	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1976	1956