Boles Acres vs Mescalero

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

Boles Acres and Mescalero 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 814 in Mescalero). Boles Acres has the higher median household income ($65,673 vs $28,167 in Mescalero). Boles Acres has the higher median home value ($194,500 vs $48,300 in Mescalero).

Population, income & housing

	Boles Acres	Mescalero
Population	1,967	814
Median age	52.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,673	$28,167
Median home value	$194,500	$48,300
Median gross rent	—	$282
Housing units	869	442
Homeownership rate	95.2%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boles Acres	Mescalero
Population	2,173 → 1,967 (-9.5%)	1,244 → 814 (-34.6%)
Median household income	$52,034 → $65,673 (+26.2%)	$32,500 → $28,167 (-13.3%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $194,500 (+24.4%)	$51,400 → $48,300 (-6.0%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $571 (-1.9%)	$315 → $282 (-10.5%)

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

Mescalero

Population

1,244814

Median household income

$32,500$28,167

Median home value

$51,400$48,300

Median gross rent

$315$282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boles Acres	Mescalero
Under 5	1.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	19.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	24.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.8%
75 and over	13.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boles Acres	Mescalero
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	5.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	85.0%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boles Acres	Mescalero
No high school diploma	7.6%	29.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boles Acres	Mescalero
Drove alone	76.5%	68.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	25.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	0.0%
Other means	5.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boles Acres	Mescalero
1-unit, detached	46.7%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.5%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Boles Acres	Mescalero
Poverty rate	11.7%	40.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	16
Median year structure built	1992	1979