Santa Rosa vs Vaughn

A side-by-side comparison of Santa Rosa and Vaughn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Santa Rosa has the higher population (2,447 vs 548 in Vaughn). Santa Rosa has the higher median household income ($41,995 vs $26,300 in Vaughn). Santa Rosa has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $45,800 in Vaughn).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Rosa	Vaughn
Population	2,447	548
Median age	38.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,995	$26,300
Median home value	$101,800	$45,800
Median gross rent	$538	$438
Housing units	1,038	251
Homeownership rate	72.9%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Rosa	Vaughn
Population	3,379 → 2,447 (-27.6%)	300 → 548 (+82.7%)
Median household income	$27,917 → $41,995 (+50.4%)	$17,381 → $26,300 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $101,800 (+22.2%)	$46,700 → $45,800 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$398 → $538 (+35.2%)	$375 → $438 (+16.8%)

Santa Rosa

Population

3,3792,447

Median household income

$27,917$41,995

Median home value

$83,300$101,800

Median gross rent

$398$538

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)

	Santa Rosa	Vaughn
Under 5	4.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	19.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	5.5%
35 to 44	17.9%	17.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	4.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.5%
75 and over	4.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Rosa	Vaughn
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	8.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	76.0%	91.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Rosa	Vaughn
No high school diploma	13.5%	33.9%
High school graduate	46.2%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Rosa	Vaughn
Drove alone	85.9%	66.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	13.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Rosa	Vaughn
1-unit, detached	49.5%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	31.3%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Santa Rosa	Vaughn
Poverty rate	19.1%	50.9%
Average household size	2.87	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	15	11
Median year structure built	1977	1956