Dulce vs La Villita

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

Dulce and La Villita 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 1,440 in La Villita). La Villita has the higher median household income ($130,357 vs $41,886 in Dulce). La Villita has the higher median home value ($259,500 vs $58,100 in Dulce).

Population, income & housing

	Dulce	La Villita
Population	2,782	1,440
Median age	43.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,886	$130,357
Median home value	$58,100	$259,500
Median gross rent	$552	—
Housing units	1,194	389
Homeownership rate	62.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dulce	La Villita
Population	2,750 → 2,782 (+1.2%)	573 → 1,440 (+151.3%)
Median household income	$42,768 → $41,886 (-2.1%)	$42,025 → $130,357 (+210.2%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $58,100 (-40.2%)	$258,400 → $259,500 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $552 (+11.7%)	—

Dulce

Population

2,7502,782

Median household income

$42,768$41,886

Median home value

$97,100$58,100

Median gross rent

$494$552

La Villita

Population

5731,440

Median household income

$42,025$130,357

Median home value

$258,400$259,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dulce	La Villita
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	25.3%
18 to 24	14.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	23.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	6.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.8%
75 and over	5.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dulce	La Villita
White (non-Hispanic)	1.9%	10.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	82.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	89.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dulce	La Villita
No high school diploma	9.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.3%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dulce	La Villita
Drove alone	82.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	13.6%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dulce	La Villita
1-unit, detached	55.0%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	70.4%

Poverty & households

	Dulce	La Villita
Poverty rate	15.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.66	4.00
Mean commute (minutes)	8	28
Median year structure built	1988	1988