Blanco vs Fruitland

A side-by-side comparison of Blanco and Fruitland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fruitland has the higher population (521 vs 427 in Blanco). Fruitland has the higher median household income ($138,500 vs $52,125 in Blanco). Blanco has the higher median home value ($214,500 vs $160,000 in Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Blanco	Fruitland
Population	427	521
Median age	60.5 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,125	$138,500
Median home value	$214,500	$160,000
Housing units	261	239
Homeownership rate	94.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanco	Fruitland
Population	159 → 427 (+168.6%)	610 → 521 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$50,875 → $52,125 (+2.5%)	$108,662 → $138,500 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $214,500 (+27.8%)	$76,700 → $160,000 (+108.6%)

Blanco

Population

159427

Median household income

$50,875$52,125

Median home value

$167,900$214,500

Fruitland

Population

610521

Median household income

$108,662$138,500

Median home value

$76,700$160,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanco	Fruitland
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.3%	15.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	4.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	4.2%	22.5%
55 to 64	22.7%	33.4%
65 to 74	21.8%	13.8%
75 and over	16.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanco	Fruitland
White (non-Hispanic)	50.4%	4.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	95.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanco	Fruitland
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanco	Fruitland
Drove alone	77.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanco	Fruitland
1-unit, detached	68.6%	35.1%
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	31.4%	64.9%

Poverty & households

	Blanco	Fruitland
Poverty rate	29.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.84	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1985	2003