Agua Fria vs Edgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Agua Fria and Edgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgewood has the higher population (6,122 vs 2,842 in Agua Fria). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($81,227 vs $47,438 in Agua Fria). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($278,100 vs $264,900 in Agua Fria).

Population, income & housing

	Agua Fria	Edgewood
Population	2,842	6,122
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,438	$81,227
Median home value	$264,900	$278,100
Median gross rent	$1,143	$938
Housing units	1,427	2,388
Homeownership rate	44.9%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agua Fria	Edgewood
Population	2,734 → 2,842 (+4.0%)	6,071 → 6,122 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$41,201 → $47,438 (+15.1%)	$64,931 → $81,227 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$206,000 → $264,900 (+28.6%)	$194,100 → $278,100 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,143 (+43.1%)	$1,067 → $938 (-12.1%)

Agua Fria

Population

2,7342,842

Median household income

$41,201$47,438

Median home value

$206,000$264,900

Median gross rent

$799$1,143

Edgewood

Population

6,0716,122

Median household income

$64,931$81,227

Median home value

$194,100$278,100

Median gross rent

$1,067$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agua Fria	Edgewood
Under 5	5.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	2.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	23.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.2%
75 and over	8.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agua Fria	Edgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	56.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	78.2%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agua Fria	Edgewood
No high school diploma	16.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agua Fria	Edgewood
Drove alone	60.7%	73.2%
Carpooled	16.4%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	19.2%	13.4%
Other means	3.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agua Fria	Edgewood
1-unit, detached	22.8%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Agua Fria	Edgewood
Poverty rate	24.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1994	1996