Center Point vs Lee Acres

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

Center Point 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.

Lee Acres has the higher population (4,463 vs 2,366 in Center Point). Lee Acres has the higher median household income ($50,846 vs $49,714 in Center Point). Center Point has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $182,200 in Lee Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Center Point	Lee Acres
Population	2,366	4,463
Median age	55.5 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,714	$50,846
Median home value	$206,300	$182,200
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,137
Housing units	1,099	1,836
Homeownership rate	90.4%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Point	Lee Acres
Population	2,726 → 2,366 (-13.2%)	5,735 → 4,463 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$37,474 → $49,714 (+32.7%)	$42,917 → $50,846 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$181,700 → $206,300 (+13.5%)	$148,700 → $182,200 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,290 (+34.9%)	$890 → $1,137 (+27.8%)

Center Point

Population

2,7262,366

Median household income

$37,474$49,714

Median home value

$181,700$206,300

Median gross rent

$956$1,290

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)

	Center Point	Lee Acres
Under 5	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	28.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	1.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	19.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.9%
75 and over	14.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Point	Lee Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	47.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	22.8%
Asian	1.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Point	Lee Acres
No high school diploma	12.0%	17.6%
High school graduate	25.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Point	Lee Acres
Drove alone	83.7%	74.6%
Carpooled	1.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Point	Lee Acres
1-unit, detached	33.0%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	66.1%	63.3%

Poverty & households

	Center Point	Lee Acres
Poverty rate	10.6%	26.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1991	1992