Floyd vs Portales

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

Floyd 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 131 in Floyd). Floyd has the higher median household income ($55,956 vs $51,290 in Portales). Since 2019, Floyd's population has grown faster (+21.3% vs +1.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd	Portales
Population	131	12,023
Median age	33.8 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,956	$51,290
Median home value	—	$132,900
Median gross rent	—	$870
Housing units	55	5,283
Homeownership rate	97.6%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd	Portales
Population	108 → 131 (+21.3%)	11,854 → 12,023 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $55,956 (+72.2%)	$37,921 → $51,290 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $190,600 (+79.3%)	$116,200 → $132,900 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$776 → $870 (+12.1%)

Floyd

Population

108131

Median household income

$32,500$55,956

Median home value

$106,300$190,600

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)

	Floyd	Portales
Under 5	2.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	29.8%	18.8%
25 to 34	3.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	2.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	5.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	0.8%	7.2%
75 and over	31.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd	Portales
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	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	3.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	46.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd	Portales
No high school diploma	5.7%	12.1%
High school graduate	7.1%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	77.1%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd	Portales
Drove alone	84.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	2.2%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd	Portales
1-unit, detached	61.8%	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	38.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Floyd	Portales
Poverty rate	0.0%	21.5%
Average household size	3.20	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	34	15
Median year structure built	1976	1979