Dixon vs Dulce

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

Dixon 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 1,551 in Dixon). Dixon has the higher median household income ($43,148 vs $41,886 in Dulce). Dixon has the higher median home value ($362,300 vs $58,100 in Dulce).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Dulce
Population	1,551	2,782
Median age	38.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,148	$41,886
Median home value	$362,300	$58,100
Median gross rent	—	$552
Housing units	694	1,194
Homeownership rate	74.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Dulce
Population	386 → 1,551 (+301.8%)	2,750 → 2,782 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$34,948 → $43,148 (+23.5%)	$42,768 → $41,886 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $362,300 (+140.1%)	$97,100 → $58,100 (-40.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$494 → $552 (+11.7%)

Dixon

Population

3861,551

Median household income

$34,948$43,148

Median home value

$150,900$362,300

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)

	Dixon	Dulce
Under 5	3.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	29.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	14.3%
25 to 34	5.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	18.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.8%
75 and over	13.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Dulce
White (non-Hispanic)	24.6%	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	1.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	73.5%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Dulce
No high school diploma	19.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	16.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Dulce
Drove alone	67.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Dulce
1-unit, detached	71.9%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Dulce
Poverty rate	40.9%	15.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	54	8
Median year structure built	1976	1988