Becenti vs Bluewater

A side-by-side comparison of Becenti and Bluewater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Becenti has the higher population (274 vs 241 in Bluewater). Bluewater has the higher median home value ($268,100 vs $53,200 in Becenti). Since 2019, Becenti's population has grown faster (+12.8% vs +6.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Becenti	Bluewater
Population	274	241
Median age	33.1 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$121,083
Median home value	$53,200	$268,100
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	71	129
Homeownership rate	77.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Becenti	Bluewater
Population	243 → 274 (+12.8%)	226 → 241 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$43,250 → $33,906 (-21.6%)	$135,727 → $121,083 (-10.8%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $53,200 (-36.9%)	$247,400 → $268,100 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $692 (+10.7%)	—

Becenti

Population

243274

Median household income

$43,250$33,906

Median home value

$84,300$53,200

Median gross rent

$625$692

Bluewater

Population

226241

Median household income

$135,727$121,083

Median home value

$247,400$268,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Becenti	Bluewater
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	24.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	43.6%
65 to 74	4.7%	19.1%
75 and over	3.3%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Becenti	Bluewater
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	60.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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	0.0%	39.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Becenti	Bluewater
No high school diploma	6.1%	19.1%
High school graduate	39.7%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	54.2%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Becenti	Bluewater
Drove alone	88.9%	40.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	36.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	23.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Becenti	Bluewater
1-unit, detached	100.0%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Becenti	Bluewater
Poverty rate	29.2%	0.0%
Average household size	4.49	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1986	1990