Bloomfield vs Lee Acres

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

Bloomfield 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.

Bloomfield has the higher population (7,391 vs 4,463 in Lee Acres). Bloomfield has the higher median household income ($51,212 vs $50,846 in Lee Acres). Lee Acres has the higher median home value ($182,200 vs $167,800 in Bloomfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomfield	Lee Acres
Population	7,391	4,463
Median age	29.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,212	$50,846
Median home value	$167,800	$182,200
Median gross rent	$831	$1,137
Housing units	2,988	1,836
Homeownership rate	70.4%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomfield	Lee Acres
Population	7,846 → 7,391 (-5.8%)	5,735 → 4,463 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$52,030 → $51,212 (-1.6%)	$42,917 → $50,846 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$149,200 → $167,800 (+12.5%)	$148,700 → $182,200 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $831 (+9.3%)	$890 → $1,137 (+27.8%)

Bloomfield

Population

7,8467,391

Median household income

$52,030$51,212

Median home value

$149,200$167,800

Median gross rent

$760$831

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)

	Bloomfield	Lee Acres
Under 5	8.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	21.8%	28.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.9%
75 and over	8.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomfield	Lee Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	40.0%	47.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.3%	22.8%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomfield	Lee Acres
No high school diploma	18.2%	17.6%
High school graduate	27.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomfield	Lee Acres
Drove alone	94.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	3.2%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomfield	Lee Acres
1-unit, detached	47.6%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	63.3%

Poverty & households

	Bloomfield	Lee Acres
Poverty rate	24.3%	26.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1985	1992