El Rancho vs Thunder Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of El Rancho and Thunder Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thunder Mountain has the higher population (1,456 vs 1,432 in El Rancho). El Rancho has the higher median household income ($78,594 vs $44,757 in Thunder Mountain). Thunder Mountain has the higher median home value ($339,500 vs $257,100 in El Rancho).

Population, income & housing

	El Rancho	Thunder Mountain
Population	1,432	1,456
Median age	39.2 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,594	$44,757
Median home value	$257,100	$339,500
Median gross rent	$1,080	—
Housing units	658	694
Homeownership rate	77.2%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Rancho	Thunder Mountain
Population	1,183 → 1,432 (+21.0%)	1,652 → 1,456 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $78,594 (+39.7%)	$50,380 → $44,757 (-11.2%)
Median home value	$223,900 → $257,100 (+14.8%)	$271,300 → $339,500 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,080 (+26.0%)	—

El Rancho

Population

1,1831,432

Median household income

$56,250$78,594

Median home value

$223,900$257,100

Median gross rent

$857$1,080

Thunder Mountain

Population

1,6521,456

Median household income

$50,380$44,757

Median home value

$271,300$339,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Rancho	Thunder Mountain
Under 5	10.1%	0.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	3.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	30.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	22.7%
75 and over	8.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Rancho	Thunder Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	9.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	74.0%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Rancho	Thunder Mountain
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Rancho	Thunder Mountain
Drove alone	85.2%	64.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	23.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	11.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Rancho	Thunder Mountain
1-unit, detached	54.3%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	El Rancho	Thunder Mountain
Poverty rate	19.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1982	1993