Bernalillo vs Rio Rancho Estates

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

Bernalillo 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.

Bernalillo has the higher population (9,068 vs 1,626 in Rio Rancho Estates). Rio Rancho Estates has the higher median household income ($90,172 vs $61,624 in Bernalillo). Bernalillo has the higher median home value ($237,100 vs $156,900 in Rio Rancho Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Bernalillo	Rio Rancho Estates
Population	9,068	1,626
Median age	45.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,624	$90,172
Median home value	$237,100	$156,900
Median gross rent	$1,061	—
Housing units	4,073	585
Homeownership rate	81.4%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernalillo	Rio Rancho Estates
Population	9,669 → 9,068 (-6.2%)	1,586 → 1,626 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$44,978 → $61,624 (+37.0%)	$55,714 → $90,172 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $237,100 (+47.0%)	$93,600 → $156,900 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,061 (+32.6%)	$934 → $1,104 (+18.2%)

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

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)

	Bernalillo	Rio Rancho Estates
Under 5	4.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	21.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	26.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	4.9%
75 and over	11.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernalillo	Rio Rancho Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	27.8%	26.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	3.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	66.2%	68.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernalillo	Rio Rancho Estates
No high school diploma	18.0%	21.3%
High school graduate	32.1%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernalillo	Rio Rancho Estates
Drove alone	70.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	17.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	11.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernalillo	Rio Rancho Estates
1-unit, detached	62.3%	37.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	61.2%

Poverty & households

	Bernalillo	Rio Rancho Estates
Poverty rate	15.7%	20.4%
Average household size	2.32	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	43
Median year structure built	1992	1998