Alamogordo vs Boles Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Alamogordo and Boles Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alamogordo has the higher population (31,063 vs 1,967 in Boles Acres). Boles Acres has the higher median household income ($65,673 vs $52,515 in Alamogordo). Boles Acres has the higher median home value ($194,500 vs $163,600 in Alamogordo).

Population, income & housing

	Alamogordo	Boles Acres
Population	31,063	1,967
Median age	37.7 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,515	$65,673
Median home value	$163,600	$194,500
Median gross rent	$886	—
Housing units	15,353	869
Homeownership rate	59.8%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamogordo	Boles Acres
Population	31,384 → 31,063 (-1.0%)	2,173 → 1,967 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$42,204 → $52,515 (+24.4%)	$52,034 → $65,673 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $163,600 (+44.1%)	$156,300 → $194,500 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $886 (+12.0%)	$582 → $571 (-1.9%)

Alamogordo

Population

31,38431,063

Median household income

$42,204$52,515

Median home value

$113,500$163,600

Median gross rent

$791$886

Boles Acres

Population

2,1731,967

Median household income

$52,034$65,673

Median home value

$156,300$194,500

Median gross rent

$582$571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamogordo	Boles Acres
Under 5	5.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	10.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	24.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.7%
75 and over	8.8%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamogordo	Boles Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	66.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	6.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamogordo	Boles Acres
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	27.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamogordo	Boles Acres
Drove alone	80.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	9.9%
Other means	0.6%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamogordo	Boles Acres
1-unit, detached	66.9%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	50.5%

Poverty & households

	Alamogordo	Boles Acres
Poverty rate	17.7%	11.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1979	1992