Crouch Mesa vs Lee Acres

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

Crouch Mesa 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 4,419 in Crouch Mesa). Crouch Mesa has the higher median household income ($56,676 vs $50,846 in Lee Acres). Lee Acres has the higher median home value ($182,200 vs $76,800 in Crouch Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Crouch Mesa	Lee Acres
Population	4,419	4,463
Median age	34.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,676	$50,846
Median home value	$76,800	$182,200
Median gross rent	$597	$1,137
Housing units	1,418	1,836
Homeownership rate	81.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crouch Mesa	Lee Acres
Population	4,626 → 4,419 (-4.5%)	5,735 → 4,463 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$61,348 → $56,676 (-7.6%)	$42,917 → $50,846 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $76,800 (-12.4%)	$148,700 → $182,200 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $597 (-55.1%)	$890 → $1,137 (+27.8%)

Crouch Mesa

Population

4,6264,419

Median household income

$61,348$56,676

Median home value

$87,700$76,800

Median gross rent

$1,331$597

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)

	Crouch Mesa	Lee Acres
Under 5	5.9%	0.5%
5 to 17	24.7%	28.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.9%
75 and over	1.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crouch Mesa	Lee Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	34.1%	47.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	32.3%	22.8%
Asian	2.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.5%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crouch Mesa	Lee Acres
No high school diploma	20.4%	17.6%
High school graduate	32.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crouch Mesa	Lee Acres
Drove alone	83.3%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crouch Mesa	Lee Acres
1-unit, detached	22.3%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	75.5%	63.3%

Poverty & households

	Crouch Mesa	Lee Acres
Poverty rate	20.3%	26.8%
Average household size	3.60	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1996	1992