Lake Valley vs Middle Mesa

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Valley and Middle Mesa: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Valley and Middle Mesa are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Middle Mesa has the higher population (212 vs 87 in Lake Valley). Lake Valley has the higher median household income ($80,739 vs $46,758 in Middle Mesa). Middle Mesa has the higher median home value ($258,600 vs $225,000 in Lake Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Valley	Middle Mesa
Population	87	212
Median age	58.3 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,739	$46,758
Median home value	$225,000	$258,600
Housing units	69	120
Homeownership rate	28.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Valley	Middle Mesa
Population	96 → 87 (-9.4%)	168 → 212 (+26.2%)
Median household income	$40,900 → $80,739 (+97.4%)	$19,183 → $46,758 (+143.7%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $225,000 (+63.6%)	$45,600 → $258,600 (+467.1%)

Lake Valley

Population

9687

Median household income

$40,900$80,739

Median home value

$137,500$225,000

Middle Mesa

Population

168212

Median household income

$19,183$46,758

Median home value

$45,600$258,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Valley	Middle Mesa
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.3%	22.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	3.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	5.7%
45 to 54	32.2%	24.1%
55 to 64	4.6%	29.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.8%
75 and over	46.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Valley	Middle Mesa
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	25.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	44.8%	33.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	40.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Valley	Middle Mesa
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.0%	86.0%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	59.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Valley	Middle Mesa
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Valley	Middle Mesa
1-unit, detached	63.8%	21.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.4%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	50.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Valley	Middle Mesa
Poverty rate	9.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.68
Median year structure built	1965	1994