Causey vs Portales

A side-by-side comparison of Causey and Portales: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Portales has the higher population (12,023 vs 183 in Causey). Portales has the higher median household income ($51,290 vs $32,813 in Causey). Portales has the higher median home value ($132,900 vs $71,700 in Causey).

Population, income & housing

	Causey	Portales
Population	183	12,023
Median age	34.1 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,813	$51,290
Median home value	$71,700	$132,900
Median gross rent	—	$870
Housing units	45	5,283
Homeownership rate	66.7%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Causey	Portales
Population	131 → 183 (+39.7%)	11,854 → 12,023 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$52,639 → $32,813 (-37.7%)	$37,921 → $51,290 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $71,700 (-18.1%)	$116,200 → $132,900 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$776 → $870 (+12.1%)

Causey

Population

131183

Median household income

$52,639$32,813

Median home value

$87,500$71,700

Portales

Population

11,85412,023

Median household income

$37,921$51,290

Median home value

$116,200$132,900

Median gross rent

$776$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Causey	Portales
Under 5	11.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	18.8%
25 to 34	19.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	2.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.1%
65 to 74	29.0%	7.2%
75 and over	4.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Causey	Portales
White (non-Hispanic)	18.0%	45.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	80.9%	46.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Causey	Portales
No high school diploma	57.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	12.5%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Causey	Portales
Drove alone	100.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Causey	Portales
1-unit, detached	68.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Causey	Portales
Poverty rate	35.5%	21.5%
Average household size	5.08	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	43	15
Median year structure built	1959	1979