El Valle de Arroyo Seco vs Nambe

A side-by-side comparison of El Valle de Arroyo Seco and Nambe: population, income, housing, and more.

El Valle de Arroyo Seco and Nambe are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Nambe has the higher population (2,045 vs 1,602 in El Valle de Arroyo Seco). El Valle de Arroyo Seco has the higher median household income ($69,556 vs $45,341 in Nambe). Nambe has the higher median home value ($259,700 vs $214,400 in El Valle de Arroyo Seco).

Population, income & housing

	El Valle de Arroyo Seco	Nambe
Population	1,602	2,045
Median age	41.1 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,556	$45,341
Median home value	$214,400	$259,700
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,135
Housing units	829	1,067
Homeownership rate	82.7%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Valle de Arroyo Seco	Nambe
Population	2,009 → 1,602 (-20.3%)	1,820 → 2,045 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$61,281 → $69,556 (+13.5%)	$48,681 → $45,341 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$165,000 → $214,400 (+29.9%)	$256,500 → $259,700 (+1.2%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,077 (+8.7%)	$896 → $1,135 (+26.7%)

El Valle de Arroyo Seco

Population

2,0091,602

Median household income

$61,281$69,556

Median home value

$165,000$214,400

Median gross rent

$991$1,077

Nambe

Population

1,8202,045

Median household income

$48,681$45,341

Median home value

$256,500$259,700

Median gross rent

$896$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Valle de Arroyo Seco	Nambe
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	9.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	1.9%	17.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	18.0%
75 and over	9.1%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Valle de Arroyo Seco	Nambe
White (non-Hispanic)	29.5%	16.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	13.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	70.5%	66.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Valle de Arroyo Seco	Nambe
No high school diploma	18.8%	10.5%
High school graduate	10.4%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Valle de Arroyo Seco	Nambe
Drove alone	85.2%	76.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.8%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Valle de Arroyo Seco	Nambe
1-unit, detached	48.0%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.4%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	El Valle de Arroyo Seco	Nambe
Poverty rate	4.6%	17.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1985	1982