Cedar Grove vs Valle Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Grove and Valle Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Grove and Valle Vista are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Grove has the higher population (849 vs 759 in Valle Vista). Cedar Grove has the higher median household income ($63,070 vs $36,481 in Valle Vista). Valle Vista has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $191,300 in Cedar Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Grove	Valle Vista
Population	849	759
Median age	67.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,070	$36,481
Median home value	$191,300	$226,900
Median gross rent	—	$888
Housing units	579	264
Homeownership rate	89.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Grove	Valle Vista
Population	535 → 849 (+58.7%)	664 → 759 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$91,125 → $63,070 (-30.8%)	$38,409 → $36,481 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$235,900 → $191,300 (-18.9%)	$105,800 → $226,900 (+114.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$908 → $888 (-2.2%)

Cedar Grove

Population

535849

Median household income

$91,125$63,070

Median home value

$235,900$191,300

Valle Vista

Population

664759

Median household income

$38,409$36,481

Median home value

$105,800$226,900

Median gross rent

$908$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Grove	Valle Vista
Under 5	1.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	3.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	20.8%
25 to 34	2.1%	3.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	25.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	34.6%	10.7%
75 and over	26.0%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Grove	Valle Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	6.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	93.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Grove	Valle Vista
No high school diploma	0.0%	55.6%
High school graduate	53.3%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Grove	Valle Vista
Drove alone	70.5%	89.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.3%
Other means	18.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Grove	Valle Vista
1-unit, detached	60.1%	9.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.9%	68.2%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Grove	Valle Vista
Poverty rate	11.9%	27.9%
Average household size	1.64	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	70	18
Median year structure built	1987	1985