Medanales vs Truchas

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

Medanales 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 246 in Medanales). Since 2019, Truchas's population has grown faster (+58.0% vs +12.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Medanales	Truchas
Population	246	278
Median age	57.9 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$39,632
Median gross rent	—	$1,140
Housing units	89	195
Homeownership rate	100.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medanales	Truchas
Population	218 → 246 (+12.8%)	176 → 278 (+58.0%)
Median home value	—	$164,300 → $215,600 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,073 → $1,140 (+6.2%)

Medanales

Population

218246

Truchas

Population

176278

Median home value

$164,300$215,600

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medanales	Truchas
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	0.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	19.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	31.3%
55 to 64	41.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	24.8%	44.2%
75 and over	0.0%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medanales	Truchas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	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	100.0%	53.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medanales	Truchas
No high school diploma	13.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.2%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medanales	Truchas
Drove alone	100.0%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	95.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medanales	Truchas
1-unit, detached	36.0%	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	64.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Medanales	Truchas
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.02
Median year structure built	—	1955