Las Vegas vs Tecolotito

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

Las Vegas and Tecolotito 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 432 in Tecolotito). Las Vegas has the higher median home value ($143,900 vs $9,999 in Tecolotito). Since 2019, Tecolotito's population has grown faster (+70.1% vs -0.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Las Vegas	Tecolotito
Population	13,120	432
Median age	42.0 yrs	16.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,732	—
Median home value	$143,900	$9,999
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	7,057	136
Homeownership rate	61.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	22.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Vegas	Tecolotito
Population	13,176 → 13,120 (-0.4%)	254 → 432 (+70.1%)
Median household income	$26,561 → $42,732 (+60.9%)	$40,169 → $33,971 (-15.4%)
Median home value	$117,600 → $143,900 (+22.4%)	$54,200 → $9,999 (-81.6%)
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

Tecolotito

Population

254432

Median household income

$40,169$33,971

Median home value

$54,200$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Las Vegas	Tecolotito
Under 5	5.4%	9.5%
5 to 17	11.4%	41.7%
18 to 24	15.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	3.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	27.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	3.5%
75 and over	8.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Vegas	Tecolotito
White (non-Hispanic)	14.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
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%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Vegas	Tecolotito
No high school diploma	12.9%	62.1%
High school graduate	29.2%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Vegas	Tecolotito
Drove alone	68.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
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	Tecolotito
1-unit, detached	56.3%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	72.1%

Poverty & households

	Las Vegas	Tecolotito
Poverty rate	29.3%	93.3%
Average household size	2.03	4.11
Mean commute (minutes)	15	32
Median year structure built	1967	1978