Boles Acres vs Tularosa

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

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

Tularosa has the higher population (2,584 vs 1,967 in Boles Acres). Boles Acres has the higher median household income ($65,673 vs $45,147 in Tularosa). Boles Acres has the higher median home value ($194,500 vs $117,600 in Tularosa).

Population, income & housing

	Boles Acres	Tularosa
Population	1,967	2,584
Median age	52.2 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,673	$45,147
Median home value	$194,500	$117,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,043
Housing units	869	1,152
Homeownership rate	95.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	23.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boles Acres	Tularosa
Population	2,173 → 1,967 (-9.5%)	2,944 → 2,584 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$52,034 → $65,673 (+26.2%)	$41,282 → $45,147 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $194,500 (+24.4%)	$103,300 → $117,600 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $571 (-1.9%)	$575 → $1,043 (+81.4%)

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

Tularosa

Population

2,9442,584

Median household income

$41,282$45,147

Median home value

$103,300$117,600

Median gross rent

$575$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boles Acres	Tularosa
Under 5	1.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	29.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	19.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	24.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.3%
75 and over	13.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boles Acres	Tularosa
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	32.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.7%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	58.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boles Acres	Tularosa
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	27.4%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boles Acres	Tularosa
Drove alone	76.5%	83.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	5.8%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boles Acres	Tularosa
1-unit, detached	46.7%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.5%	39.9%

Poverty & households

	Boles Acres	Tularosa
Poverty rate	11.7%	20.1%
Average household size	2.64	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1992	1975