Bernalillo vs Placitas

A side-by-side comparison of Bernalillo and Placitas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bernalillo has the higher population (9,068 vs 4,375 in Placitas). Placitas has the higher median household income ($110,268 vs $61,624 in Bernalillo). Placitas has the higher median home value ($520,200 vs $237,100 in Bernalillo).

Population, income & housing

	Bernalillo	Placitas
Population	9,068	4,375
Median age	45.7 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,624	$110,268
Median home value	$237,100	$520,200
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,869
Housing units	4,073	2,349
Homeownership rate	81.4%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernalillo	Placitas
Population	9,669 → 9,068 (-6.2%)	4,686 → 4,375 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$44,978 → $61,624 (+37.0%)	$80,224 → $110,268 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $237,100 (+47.0%)	$366,700 → $520,200 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,061 (+32.6%)	$1,168 → $1,869 (+60.0%)

Bernalillo

Population

9,6699,068

Median household income

$44,978$61,624

Median home value

$161,300$237,100

Median gross rent

$800$1,061

Placitas

Population

4,6864,375

Median household income

$80,224$110,268

Median home value

$366,700$520,200

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bernalillo	Placitas
Under 5	4.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.3%	3.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	1.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	1.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	19.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	29.9%
75 and over	11.0%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernalillo	Placitas
White (non-Hispanic)	27.8%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	6.7%
Asian	0.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	66.2%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernalillo	Placitas
No high school diploma	18.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernalillo	Placitas
Drove alone	70.3%	62.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	2.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	32.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernalillo	Placitas
1-unit, detached	62.3%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bernalillo	Placitas
Poverty rate	15.7%	2.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1992	1999