Las Vegas vs Pecos

A side-by-side comparison of Las Vegas and Pecos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Las Vegas has the higher population (13,120 vs 1,145 in Pecos). Pecos has the higher median household income ($69,327 vs $42,732 in Las Vegas). Pecos has the higher median home value ($260,000 vs $143,900 in Las Vegas).

Population, income & housing

	Las Vegas	Pecos
Population	13,120	1,145
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,732	$69,327
Median home value	$143,900	$260,000
Median gross rent	$731	$729
Housing units	7,057	549
Homeownership rate	61.0%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Vegas	Pecos
Population	13,176 → 13,120 (-0.4%)	1,468 → 1,145 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$26,561 → $42,732 (+60.9%)	$32,702 → $69,327 (+112.0%)
Median home value	$117,600 → $143,900 (+22.4%)	$108,800 → $260,000 (+139.0%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $731 (+20.0%)	$585 → $729 (+24.6%)

Las Vegas

Population

13,17613,120

Median household income

$26,561$42,732

Median home value

$117,600$143,900

Median gross rent

$609$731

Pecos

Population

1,4681,145

Median household income

$32,702$69,327

Median home value

$108,800$260,000

Median gross rent

$585$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Las Vegas	Pecos
Under 5	5.4%	0.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	15.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	24.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.5%
75 and over	8.8%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Vegas	Pecos
White (non-Hispanic)	14.7%	4.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	6.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	77.7%	86.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Vegas	Pecos
No high school diploma	12.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Vegas	Pecos
Drove alone	68.7%	61.2%
Carpooled	13.9%	27.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	11.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Vegas	Pecos
1-unit, detached	56.3%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	42.1%

Poverty & households

	Las Vegas	Pecos
Poverty rate	29.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.03	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	15	40
Median year structure built	1967	1988