Algodones vs Rio Rancho Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Algodones and Rio Rancho Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Algodones and Rio Rancho Estates are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rio Rancho Estates has the higher population (1,626 vs 1,198 in Algodones). Rio Rancho Estates has the higher median household income ($90,172 vs $63,750 in Algodones). Algodones has the higher median home value ($236,500 vs $156,900 in Rio Rancho Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Algodones	Rio Rancho Estates
Population	1,198	1,626
Median age	54.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$90,172
Median home value	$236,500	$156,900
Housing units	587	585
Homeownership rate	84.5%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algodones	Rio Rancho Estates
Population	704 → 1,198 (+70.2%)	1,586 → 1,626 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$42,283 → $63,750 (+50.8%)	$55,714 → $90,172 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$289,200 → $236,500 (-18.2%)	$93,600 → $156,900 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $829 (+53.5%)	$934 → $1,104 (+18.2%)

Algodones

Population

7041,198

Median household income

$42,283$63,750

Median home value

$289,200$236,500

Median gross rent

$540$829

Rio Rancho Estates

Population

1,5861,626

Median household income

$55,714$90,172

Median home value

$93,600$156,900

Median gross rent

$934$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algodones	Rio Rancho Estates
Under 5	2.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	21.7%
45 to 54	17.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	20.0%	26.8%
65 to 74	21.0%	4.9%
75 and over	7.9%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algodones	Rio Rancho Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	19.7%	26.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.2%	3.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	67.5%	68.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algodones	Rio Rancho Estates
No high school diploma	12.3%	21.3%
High school graduate	26.0%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algodones	Rio Rancho Estates
Drove alone	67.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algodones	Rio Rancho Estates
1-unit, detached	70.7%	37.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	61.2%

Poverty & households

	Algodones	Rio Rancho Estates
Poverty rate	16.6%	20.4%
Average household size	2.19	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	34	43
Median year structure built	1980	1998