Rio en Medio vs Sombrillo

A side-by-side comparison of Rio en Medio and Sombrillo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sombrillo has the higher population (136 vs 64 in Rio en Medio). Rio en Medio has the higher median household income ($195,750 vs $184,643 in Sombrillo). Since 2019, Sombrillo's population has grown faster (+63.9% vs -28.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Rio en Medio	Sombrillo
Population	64	136
Median age	67.3 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$195,750	$184,643
Median home value	—	$287,500
Housing units	31	179
Homeownership rate	70.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio en Medio	Sombrillo
Population	89 → 64 (-28.1%)	83 → 136 (+63.9%)
Median household income	$47,333 → $195,750 (+313.6%)	$53,125 → $184,643 (+247.6%)
Median home value	—	$205,000 → $287,500 (+40.2%)

Rio en Medio

Population

8964

Median household income

$47,333$195,750

Sombrillo

Population

83136

Median household income

$53,125$184,643

Median home value

$205,000$287,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio en Medio	Sombrillo
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	4.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	2.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	3.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	20.6%
65 to 74	46.9%	32.4%
75 and over	15.6%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio en Medio	Sombrillo
White (non-Hispanic)	32.8%	33.1%
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	67.2%	66.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio en Medio	Sombrillo
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	58.9%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	48.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio en Medio	Sombrillo
Drove alone	59.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio en Medio	Sombrillo
1-unit, detached	61.3%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.4%
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	38.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rio en Medio	Sombrillo
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.20	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1969	1974