Upper Fruitland vs Waterflow

A side-by-side comparison of Upper Fruitland and Waterflow: population, income, housing, and more.

Upper Fruitland and Waterflow are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Upper Fruitland has the higher population (1,496 vs 1,215 in Waterflow). Waterflow has the higher median household income ($60,278 vs $40,446 in Upper Fruitland). Waterflow has the higher median home value ($167,700 vs $91,700 in Upper Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Upper Fruitland	Waterflow
Population	1,496	1,215
Median age	45.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,446	$60,278
Median home value	$91,700	$167,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,602
Housing units	516	548
Homeownership rate	95.2%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Upper Fruitland	Waterflow
Population	1,686 → 1,496 (-11.3%)	1,623 → 1,215 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$41,023 → $40,446 (-1.4%)	$62,404 → $60,278 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $91,700 (+27.9%)	$158,200 → $167,700 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,099 → $1,602 (+45.8%)

Upper Fruitland

Population

1,6861,496

Median household income

$41,023$40,446

Median home value

$71,700$91,700

Waterflow

Population

1,6231,215

Median household income

$62,404$60,278

Median home value

$158,200$167,700

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Upper Fruitland	Waterflow
Under 5	3.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	18.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.9%
75 and over	9.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Upper Fruitland	Waterflow
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	41.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	90.4%	35.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Upper Fruitland	Waterflow
No high school diploma	24.4%	19.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Upper Fruitland	Waterflow
Drove alone	92.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Upper Fruitland	Waterflow
1-unit, detached	58.7%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.3%	29.6%

Poverty & households

	Upper Fruitland	Waterflow
Poverty rate	31.1%	11.3%
Average household size	3.27	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1984	1986