Las Vegas vs Ribera

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

Las Vegas and Ribera 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 324 in Ribera). Ribera has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $42,732 in Las Vegas). Ribera has the higher median home value ($186,700 vs $143,900 in Las Vegas).

Population, income & housing

	Las Vegas	Ribera
Population	13,120	324
Median age	42.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,732	$53,250
Median home value	$143,900	$186,700
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	7,057	151
Homeownership rate	61.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Vegas	Ribera
Population	13,176 → 13,120 (-0.4%)	552 → 324 (-41.3%)
Median household income	$26,561 → $42,732 (+60.9%)	$30,657 → $53,250 (+73.7%)
Median home value	$117,600 → $143,900 (+22.4%)	$153,700 → $186,700 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $731 (+20.0%)	—

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

Ribera

Population

552324

Median household income

$30,657$53,250

Median home value

$153,700$186,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Las Vegas	Ribera
Under 5	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	15.0%	12.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	29.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	4.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	2.8%
75 and over	8.8%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Vegas	Ribera
White (non-Hispanic)	14.7%	12.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	77.7%	76.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Vegas	Ribera
No high school diploma	12.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.2%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Vegas	Ribera
Drove alone	68.7%	52.5%
Carpooled	13.9%	22.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	24.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Vegas	Ribera
1-unit, detached	56.3%	9.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	23.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	66.9%

Poverty & households

	Las Vegas	Ribera
Poverty rate	29.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.03	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1967	1978