Eunice vs Jal

A side-by-side comparison of Eunice and Jal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eunice has the higher population (2,989 vs 2,069 in Jal). Jal has the higher median household income ($60,703 vs $49,795 in Eunice). Eunice has the higher median home value ($164,900 vs $105,400 in Jal).

Population, income & housing

	Eunice	Jal
Population	2,989	2,069
Median age	34.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,795	$60,703
Median home value	$164,900	$105,400
Median gross rent	$749	$1,155
Housing units	1,283	947
Homeownership rate	76.9%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	18.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eunice	Jal
Population	3,037 → 2,989 (-1.6%)	1,896 → 2,069 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$62,527 → $49,795 (-20.4%)	$54,716 → $60,703 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $164,900 (+82.0%)	$70,800 → $105,400 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $749 (-28.5%)	$677 → $1,155 (+70.6%)

Eunice

Population

3,0372,989

Median household income

$62,527$49,795

Median home value

$90,600$164,900

Median gross rent

$1,048$749

Jal

Population

1,8962,069

Median household income

$54,716$60,703

Median home value

$70,800$105,400

Median gross rent

$677$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eunice	Jal
Under 5	6.6%	2.0%
5 to 17	28.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	19.5%
55 to 64	7.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.5%
75 and over	4.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eunice	Jal
White (non-Hispanic)	41.6%	39.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	57.7%	58.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eunice	Jal
No high school diploma	30.5%	28.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eunice	Jal
Drove alone	84.1%	93.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	4.9%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eunice	Jal
1-unit, detached	84.4%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Eunice	Jal
Poverty rate	15.3%	21.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1973	1963