Alcalde vs Truchas

A side-by-side comparison of Alcalde and Truchas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Truchas has the higher population (278 vs 237 in Alcalde). Alcalde has the higher median household income ($45,781 vs $39,632 in Truchas). Since 2019, Truchas's population has grown faster (+58.0% vs +49.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alcalde	Truchas
Population	237	278
Median age	29.6 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,781	$39,632
Median home value	$231,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,140
Housing units	125	195
Homeownership rate	77.6%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcalde	Truchas
Population	159 → 237 (+49.1%)	176 → 278 (+58.0%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $45,781 (+40.9%)	—
Median home value	$168,300 → $231,300 (+37.4%)	$164,300 → $215,600 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $1,375 (+99.9%)	$1,073 → $1,140 (+6.2%)

Alcalde

Population

159237

Median household income

$32,500$45,781

Median home value

$168,300$231,300

Median gross rent

$688$1,375

Truchas

Population

176278

Median home value

$164,300$215,600

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcalde	Truchas
Under 5	15.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	0.7%
18 to 24	16.9%	0.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	31.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	3.8%	44.2%
75 and over	5.5%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcalde	Truchas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	42.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.5%	53.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcalde	Truchas
No high school diploma	10.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcalde	Truchas
Drove alone	61.8%	0.0%
Carpooled	15.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	95.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcalde	Truchas
1-unit, detached	54.4%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	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	43.2%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Alcalde	Truchas
Poverty rate	8.0%	19.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1983	1955