Aztec vs Lee Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Aztec and Lee Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aztec has the higher population (6,177 vs 4,463 in Lee Acres). Lee Acres has the higher median household income ($50,846 vs $42,699 in Aztec). Lee Acres has the higher median home value ($182,200 vs $164,700 in Aztec).

Population, income & housing

	Aztec	Lee Acres
Population	6,177	4,463
Median age	34.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,699	$50,846
Median home value	$164,700	$182,200
Median gross rent	$765	$1,137
Housing units	2,690	1,836
Homeownership rate	64.5%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aztec	Lee Acres
Population	6,530 → 6,177 (-5.4%)	5,735 → 4,463 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$45,870 → $42,699 (-6.9%)	$42,917 → $50,846 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $164,700 (+6.1%)	$148,700 → $182,200 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $765 (-2.0%)	$890 → $1,137 (+27.8%)

Aztec

Population

6,5306,177

Median household income

$45,870$42,699

Median home value

$155,300$164,700

Median gross rent

$781$765

Lee Acres

Population

5,7354,463

Median household income

$42,917$50,846

Median home value

$148,700$182,200

Median gross rent

$890$1,137

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aztec	Lee Acres
Under 5	11.3%	0.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	28.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	17.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.9%
75 and over	5.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aztec	Lee Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	47.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.5%	22.8%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aztec	Lee Acres
No high school diploma	11.1%	17.6%
High school graduate	28.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aztec	Lee Acres
Drove alone	81.3%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aztec	Lee Acres
1-unit, detached	53.4%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	63.3%

Poverty & households

	Aztec	Lee Acres
Poverty rate	24.7%	26.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1978	1992