Farmington vs Lee Acres

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

Farmington 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.

Farmington has the higher population (46,339 vs 4,463 in Lee Acres). Farmington has the higher median household income ($63,745 vs $50,846 in Lee Acres). Farmington has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $182,200 in Lee Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Lee Acres
Population	46,339	4,463
Median age	37.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,745	$50,846
Median home value	$225,400	$182,200
Median gross rent	$993	$1,137
Housing units	18,220	1,836
Homeownership rate	63.5%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Lee Acres
Population	45,258 → 46,339 (+2.4%)	5,735 → 4,463 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$54,480 → $63,745 (+17.0%)	$42,917 → $50,846 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$186,800 → $225,400 (+20.7%)	$148,700 → $182,200 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $993 (+14.4%)	$890 → $1,137 (+27.8%)

Farmington

Population

45,25846,339

Median household income

$54,480$63,745

Median home value

$186,800$225,400

Median gross rent

$868$993

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)

	Farmington	Lee Acres
Under 5	6.1%	0.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	28.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.9%
75 and over	5.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Lee Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	47.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	26.5%	22.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Lee Acres
No high school diploma	9.8%	17.6%
High school graduate	26.8%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Lee Acres
Drove alone	86.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Lee Acres
1-unit, detached	58.7%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	63.3%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Lee Acres
Poverty rate	19.7%	26.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1982	1992