Nogal vs Ruidoso

A side-by-side comparison of Nogal and Ruidoso: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ruidoso has the higher population (7,701 vs 156 in Nogal). Ruidoso has the higher median household income ($50,259 vs $30,982 in Nogal). Ruidoso has the higher median home value ($229,100 vs $135,400 in Nogal).

Population, income & housing

	Nogal	Ruidoso
Population	156	7,701
Median age	47.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$30,982	$50,259
Median home value	$135,400	$229,100
Median gross rent	—	$924
Housing units	73	8,262
Homeownership rate	66.7%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nogal	Ruidoso
Population	140 → 156 (+11.4%)	7,791 → 7,701 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$38,571 → $30,982 (-19.7%)	$50,114 → $50,259 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $135,400 (+3.1%)	$180,700 → $229,100 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$770 → $924 (+20.0%)

Nogal

Population

140156

Median household income

$38,571$30,982

Median home value

$131,300$135,400

Ruidoso

Population

7,7917,701

Median household income

$50,114$50,259

Median home value

$180,700$229,100

Median gross rent

$770$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nogal	Ruidoso
Under 5	13.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	6.2%
55 to 64	25.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	17.9%	13.6%
75 and over	4.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nogal	Ruidoso
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	64.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nogal	Ruidoso
No high school diploma	0.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	41.5%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nogal	Ruidoso
Drove alone	47.1%	74.6%
Carpooled	51.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.5%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nogal	Ruidoso
1-unit, detached	58.9%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	41.1%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Nogal	Ruidoso
Poverty rate	41.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	14
Median year structure built	1994	1981