Flora Vista vs South River

A side-by-side comparison of Flora Vista and South River: population, income, housing, and more.

Flora Vista and South River are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Flora Vista has the higher population (2,215 vs 1,594 in South River). South River has the higher median household income ($56,307 vs $43,799 in Flora Vista). South River has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $195,200 in Flora Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Flora Vista	South River
Population	2,215	1,594
Median age	55.1 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,799	$56,307
Median home value	$195,200	$215,000
Median gross rent	$1,474	—
Housing units	1,155	754
Homeownership rate	80.6%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flora Vista	South River
Population	1,688 → 2,215 (+31.2%)	2,248 → 1,594 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$52,727 → $43,799 (-16.9%)	$72,000 → $56,307 (-21.8%)
Median home value	$184,300 → $195,200 (+5.9%)	$191,400 → $215,000 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,326 → $1,474 (+11.2%)	—

Flora Vista

Population

1,6882,215

Median household income

$52,727$43,799

Median home value

$184,300$195,200

Median gross rent

$1,326$1,474

South River

Population

2,2481,594

Median household income

$72,000$56,307

Median home value

$191,400$215,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flora Vista	South River
Under 5	7.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	7.9%	8.2%
18 to 24	2.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	6.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	32.2%	23.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	18.9%
75 and over	8.4%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flora Vista	South River
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	9.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flora Vista	South River
No high school diploma	18.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	23.8%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flora Vista	South River
Drove alone	92.2%	94.7%
Carpooled	0.5%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flora Vista	South River
1-unit, detached	43.8%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	55.3%	46.7%

Poverty & households

	Flora Vista	South River
Poverty rate	21.9%	14.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1990	1992