Arroyo Hondo vs Jaconita

A side-by-side comparison of Arroyo Hondo and Jaconita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jaconita has the higher population (272 vs 214 in Arroyo Hondo). Arroyo Hondo has the higher median household income ($125,750 vs $97,500 in Jaconita). Arroyo Hondo has the higher median home value ($952,500 vs $227,900 in Jaconita).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo Hondo	Jaconita
Population	214	272
Median age	67.4 yrs	59.7 yrs
Median household income	$125,750	$97,500
Median home value	$952,500	$227,900
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	138	133
Homeownership rate	89.6%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.1%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo Hondo	Jaconita
Population	586 → 214 (-63.5%)	323 → 272 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$84,767 → $125,750 (+48.3%)	$33,646 → $97,500 (+189.8%)
Median home value	$928,600 → $952,500 (+2.6%)	$255,800 → $227,900 (-10.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$963 → $950 (-1.3%)

Arroyo Hondo

Population

586214

Median household income

$84,767$125,750

Median home value

$928,600$952,500

Jaconita

Population

323272

Median household income

$33,646$97,500

Median home value

$255,800$227,900

Median gross rent

$963$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo Hondo	Jaconita
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	26.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	2.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	26.8%
65 to 74	36.0%	19.5%
75 and over	22.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo Hondo	Jaconita
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	32.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	57.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo Hondo	Jaconita
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	48.6%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo Hondo	Jaconita
Drove alone	35.5%	86.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	51.6%	7.3%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo Hondo	Jaconita
1-unit, detached	84.1%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	15.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo Hondo	Jaconita
Poverty rate	3.7%	7.0%
Average household size	1.86	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1990	1987