Deming vs Ventura

A side-by-side comparison of Deming and Ventura: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Deming has the higher population (14,735 vs 826 in Ventura). Deming has the higher median household income ($35,920 vs $24,342 in Ventura). Deming has the higher median home value ($112,800 vs $77,900 in Ventura).

Population, income & housing

	Deming	Ventura
Population	14,735	826
Median age	37.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,920	$24,342
Median home value	$112,800	$77,900
Median gross rent	$596	$772
Housing units	6,888	303
Homeownership rate	64.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deming	Ventura
Population	14,139 → 14,735 (+4.2%)	714 → 826 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$27,079 → $35,920 (+32.6%)	$23,500 → $24,342 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$95,200 → $112,800 (+18.5%)	$66,000 → $77,900 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $596 (+15.1%)	—

Deming

Population

14,13914,735

Median household income

$27,079$35,920

Median home value

$95,200$112,800

Median gross rent

$518$596

Ventura

Population

714826

Median household income

$23,500$24,342

Median home value

$66,000$77,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deming	Ventura
Under 5	8.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	26.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	17.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	20.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	3.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.9%
75 and over	10.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deming	Ventura
White (non-Hispanic)	22.5%	29.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	72.3%	67.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deming	Ventura
No high school diploma	24.1%	25.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deming	Ventura
Drove alone	72.9%	98.5%
Carpooled	20.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deming	Ventura
1-unit, detached	59.3%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.5%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Deming	Ventura
Poverty rate	26.2%	60.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1976	1977