Gallina vs Truchas

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

Gallina 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 273 in Gallina). Gallina has the higher median household income ($130,071 vs $39,632 in Truchas). Since 2019, Gallina's population has grown faster (+127.5% vs +58.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Gallina	Truchas
Population	273	278
Median age	55.7 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median household income	$130,071	$39,632
Median home value	$264,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,140
Housing units	135	195
Homeownership rate	100.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallina	Truchas
Population	120 → 273 (+127.5%)	176 → 278 (+58.0%)
Median household income	$43,854 → $130,071 (+196.6%)	—
Median home value	$175,600 → $264,300 (+50.5%)	$164,300 → $215,600 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,073 → $1,140 (+6.2%)

Gallina

Population

120273

Median household income

$43,854$130,071

Median home value

$175,600$264,300

Truchas

Population

176278

Median home value

$164,300$215,600

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallina	Truchas
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	0.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	0.4%
25 to 34	4.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	2.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	31.3%
55 to 64	18.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	19.4%	44.2%
75 and over	14.7%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallina	Truchas
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	42.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	75.5%	53.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallina	Truchas
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	74.9%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallina	Truchas
Drove alone	82.2%	0.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	95.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallina	Truchas
1-unit, detached	80.0%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	20.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Gallina	Truchas
Poverty rate	9.5%	19.8%
Average household size	3.03	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	56	—
Median year structure built	1976	1955