El Duende vs Hernandez

A side-by-side comparison of El Duende and Hernandez: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hernandez has the higher population (802 vs 730 in El Duende). El Duende has the higher median household income ($90,859 vs $24,259 in Hernandez). Since 2019, Hernandez's population has grown faster (+6.8% vs -1.7%).

Population, income & housing

	El Duende	Hernandez
Population	730	802
Median age	14.8 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,859	$24,259
Median home value	—	$181,900
Median gross rent	—	$748
Housing units	208	512
Homeownership rate	64.9%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.3%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Duende	Hernandez
Population	743 → 730 (-1.7%)	751 → 802 (+6.8%)
Median household income	—	$35,000 → $24,259 (-30.7%)
Median home value	—	$160,900 → $181,900 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $748 (-0.3%)

El Duende

Population

743730

Hernandez

Population

751802

Median household income

$35,000$24,259

Median home value

$160,900$181,900

Median gross rent

$750$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Duende	Hernandez
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	50.0%	7.5%
18 to 24	0.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.7%
35 to 44	25.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	33.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.2%
75 and over	0.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Duende	Hernandez
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	11.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	99.5%	85.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Duende	Hernandez
No high school diploma	5.9%	36.5%
High school graduate	59.5%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Duende	Hernandez
Drove alone	98.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	0.6%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Duende	Hernandez
1-unit, detached	17.3%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	82.7%	66.4%

Poverty & households

	El Duende	Hernandez
Poverty rate	33.0%	32.2%
Average household size	3.54	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1993	1975