Encantado vs Rio Chiquito

A side-by-side comparison of Encantado and Rio Chiquito: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rio Chiquito has the higher population (211 vs 140 in Encantado). Encantado has the higher median home value ($846,900 vs $242,200 in Rio Chiquito). Since 2019, Rio Chiquito's population has grown faster (+177.6% vs +45.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Encantado	Rio Chiquito
Population	140	211
Median age	68.3 yrs	60.7 yrs
Median household income	$196,058	—
Median home value	$846,900	$242,200
Housing units	109	174
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.7%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Encantado	Rio Chiquito
Population	96 → 140 (+45.8%)	76 → 211 (+177.6%)
Median household income	$136,833 → $196,058 (+43.3%)	—
Median home value	$1,031,300 → $846,900 (-17.9%)	$239,600 → $242,200 (+1.1%)

Encantado

Population

96140

Median household income

$136,833$196,058

Median home value

$1,031,300$846,900

Rio Chiquito

Population

76211

Median home value

$239,600$242,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Encantado	Rio Chiquito
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	23.7%
55 to 64	21.4%	37.0%
65 to 74	69.3%	31.8%
75 and over	9.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Encantado	Rio Chiquito
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	0.0%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Encantado	Rio Chiquito
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	60.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Encantado	Rio Chiquito
Drove alone	25.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	75.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Encantado	Rio Chiquito
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Encantado	Rio Chiquito
Poverty rate	39.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.87	2.18
Median year structure built	1983	1967