Corrales vs Rio Rancho Estates

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

Corrales 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.

Corrales has the higher population (8,557 vs 1,626 in Rio Rancho Estates). Corrales has the higher median household income ($114,207 vs $90,172 in Rio Rancho Estates). Corrales has the higher median home value ($549,700 vs $156,900 in Rio Rancho Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Corrales	Rio Rancho Estates
Population	8,557	1,626
Median age	55.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$114,207	$90,172
Median home value	$549,700	$156,900
Median gross rent	$1,184	—
Housing units	3,924	585
Homeownership rate	91.3%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho Estates
Population	8,588 → 8,557 (-0.4%)	1,586 → 1,626 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$85,580 → $114,207 (+33.5%)	$55,714 → $90,172 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$447,600 → $549,700 (+22.8%)	$93,600 → $156,900 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,184 (+8.2%)	$934 → $1,104 (+18.2%)

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 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)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho Estates
Under 5	3.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	4.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	21.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	26.8%
65 to 74	19.2%	4.9%
75 and over	17.1%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	26.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	3.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	68.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corrales	Rio Rancho Estates
No high school diploma	4.6%	21.3%
High school graduate	16.0%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho Estates
Drove alone	62.9%	71.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	17.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.8%	11.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corrales	Rio Rancho Estates
1-unit, detached	89.0%	37.6%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	61.2%

Poverty & households

	Corrales	Rio Rancho Estates
Poverty rate	6.9%	20.4%
Average household size	2.41	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	28	43
Median year structure built	1986	1998