Chimayo vs Dulce

A side-by-side comparison of Chimayo and Dulce: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dulce has the higher population (2,782 vs 2,726 in Chimayo). Chimayo has the higher median household income ($52,305 vs $41,886 in Dulce). Chimayo has the higher median home value ($214,000 vs $58,100 in Dulce).

Population, income & housing

	Chimayo	Dulce
Population	2,726	2,782
Median age	48.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,305	$41,886
Median home value	$214,000	$58,100
Median gross rent	$834	$552
Housing units	1,414	1,194
Homeownership rate	80.5%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chimayo	Dulce
Population	2,641 → 2,726 (+3.2%)	2,750 → 2,782 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$56,513 → $52,305 (-7.4%)	$42,768 → $41,886 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $214,000 (+27.4%)	$97,100 → $58,100 (-40.2%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $834 (-8.1%)	$494 → $552 (+11.7%)

Chimayo

Population

2,6412,726

Median household income

$56,513$52,305

Median home value

$168,000$214,000

Median gross rent

$908$834

Dulce

Population

2,7502,782

Median household income

$42,768$41,886

Median home value

$97,100$58,100

Median gross rent

$494$552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chimayo	Dulce
Under 5	8.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	14.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	20.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.8%
75 and over	9.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chimayo	Dulce
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	1.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	82.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	95.7%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chimayo	Dulce
No high school diploma	11.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chimayo	Dulce
Drove alone	82.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.6%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chimayo	Dulce
1-unit, detached	58.2%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Chimayo	Dulce
Poverty rate	25.5%	15.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	33	8
Median year structure built	1978	1988