Boles Acres vs La Luz

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

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

Boles Acres has the higher population (1,967 vs 1,683 in La Luz). Boles Acres has the higher median household income ($65,673 vs $35,324 in La Luz). Boles Acres has the higher median home value ($194,500 vs $60,800 in La Luz).

Population, income & housing

	Boles Acres	La Luz
Population	1,967	1,683
Median age	52.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,673	$35,324
Median home value	$194,500	$60,800
Median gross rent	—	$615
Housing units	869	827
Homeownership rate	95.2%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	31.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boles Acres	La Luz
Population	2,173 → 1,967 (-9.5%)	1,222 → 1,683 (+37.7%)
Median household income	$52,034 → $65,673 (+26.2%)	$29,559 → $35,324 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $194,500 (+24.4%)	$77,500 → $60,800 (-21.5%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $571 (-1.9%)	$589 → $615 (+4.4%)

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

La Luz

Population

1,2221,683

Median household income

$29,559$35,324

Median home value

$77,500$60,800

Median gross rent

$589$615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boles Acres	La Luz
Under 5	1.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	24.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	5.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	24.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.4%
75 and over	13.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boles Acres	La Luz
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	42.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	49.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boles Acres	La Luz
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.9%
High school graduate	27.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boles Acres	La Luz
Drove alone	76.5%	64.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	9.0%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boles Acres	La Luz
1-unit, detached	46.7%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	50.5%	55.9%

Poverty & households

	Boles Acres	La Luz
Poverty rate	11.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	13
Median year structure built	1992	1984