Blanco vs North Light Plant

A side-by-side comparison of Blanco and North Light Plant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Light Plant has the higher population (573 vs 427 in Blanco). Blanco has the higher median home value ($214,500 vs $191,400 in North Light Plant). Since 2019, Blanco's population has grown faster (+168.6% vs +93.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Blanco	North Light Plant
Population	427	573
Median age	60.5 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,125	—
Median home value	$214,500	$191,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,110
Housing units	261	170
Homeownership rate	94.4%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanco	North Light Plant
Population	159 → 427 (+168.6%)	296 → 573 (+93.6%)
Median household income	$50,875 → $52,125 (+2.5%)	$56,250 → $53,684 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $214,500 (+27.8%)	$127,600 → $191,400 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,125 → $1,110 (-1.3%)

Blanco

Population

159427

Median household income

$50,875$52,125

Median home value

$167,900$214,500

North Light Plant

Population

296573

Median household income

$56,250$53,684

Median home value

$127,600$191,400

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,110

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanco	North Light Plant
Under 5	2.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	39.3%
18 to 24	2.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	41.4%
35 to 44	17.1%	7.0%
45 to 54	4.2%	4.9%
55 to 64	22.7%	4.9%
65 to 74	21.8%	0.0%
75 and over	16.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanco	North Light Plant
White (non-Hispanic)	50.4%	17.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.8%
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%	24.4%
Hispanic or Latino	34.9%	48.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanco	North Light Plant
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	70.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanco	North Light Plant
Drove alone	77.2%	90.0%
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%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanco	North Light Plant
1-unit, detached	68.6%	33.5%
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%	66.5%

Poverty & households

	Blanco	North Light Plant
Poverty rate	29.5%	59.3%
Average household size	1.84	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1985	1991