Elida vs Portales

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

Elida 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 151 in Elida). Elida has the higher median household income ($51,818 vs $51,290 in Portales). Portales has the higher median home value ($132,900 vs $46,300 in Elida).

Population, income & housing

	Elida	Portales
Population	151	12,023
Median age	57.4 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,818	$51,290
Median home value	$46,300	$132,900
Median gross rent	—	$870
Housing units	107	5,283
Homeownership rate	92.2%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elida	Portales
Population	178 → 151 (-15.2%)	11,854 → 12,023 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$27,750 → $51,818 (+86.7%)	$37,921 → $51,290 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $46,300 (-26.7%)	$116,200 → $132,900 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$776 → $870 (+12.1%)

Elida

Population

178151

Median household income

$27,750$51,818

Median home value

$63,200$46,300

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)

	Elida	Portales
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	4.6%	21.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	18.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	1.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	21.9%	6.6%
55 to 64	20.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.2%
75 and over	29.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elida	Portales
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	45.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	33.8%	46.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elida	Portales
No high school diploma	10.6%	12.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elida	Portales
Drove alone	82.4%	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	16.2%	2.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elida	Portales
1-unit, detached	79.4%	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	20.6%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Elida	Portales
Poverty rate	12.6%	21.5%
Average household size	1.68	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	38	15
Median year structure built	1968	1979