Corrales vs Rio Rancho

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

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

Rio Rancho has the higher population (106,533 vs 8,557 in Corrales). Corrales has the higher median household income ($114,207 vs $85,755 in Rio Rancho). Corrales has the higher median home value ($549,700 vs $273,300 in Rio Rancho).

Population, income & housing

	Corrales	Rio Rancho
Population	8,557	106,533
Median age	55.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$114,207	$85,755
Median home value	$549,700	$273,300
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,481
Housing units	3,924	40,640
Homeownership rate	91.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho
Population	8,588 → 8,557 (-0.4%)	96,210 → 106,533 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$85,580 → $114,207 (+33.5%)	$66,856 → $85,755 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$447,600 → $549,700 (+22.8%)	$190,800 → $273,300 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,184 (+8.2%)	$1,167 → $1,481 (+26.9%)

Corrales

Population

8,5888,557

Median household income

$85,580$114,207

Median home value

$447,600$549,700

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,184

Rio Rancho

Population

96,210106,533

Median household income

$66,856$85,755

Median home value

$190,800$273,300

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho
Under 5	3.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	19.2%	10.9%
75 and over	17.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	45.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	3.2%
Asian	1.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	42.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corrales	Rio Rancho
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho
Drove alone	62.9%	74.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	24.8%	13.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho
1-unit, detached	89.0%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Corrales	Rio Rancho
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1986	2000