Arrey vs Elephant Butte

A side-by-side comparison of Arrey and Elephant Butte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elephant Butte has the higher population (1,586 vs 429 in Arrey). Since 2019, Arrey's population has grown faster (+1616.0% vs +17.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Arrey	Elephant Butte
Population	429	1,586
Median age	32.3 yrs	66.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$45,179
Median home value	—	$166,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,169
Housing units	90	1,566
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arrey	Elephant Butte
Population	25 → 429 (+1616.0%)	1,352 → 1,586 (+17.3%)
Median household income	—	$43,846 → $45,179 (+3.0%)
Median home value	—	$135,400 → $166,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$928 → $1,169 (+26.0%)

Arrey

Population

25429

Elephant Butte

Population

1,3521,586

Median household income

$43,846$45,179

Median home value

$135,400$166,800

Median gross rent

$928$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arrey	Elephant Butte
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	4.5%
18 to 24	42.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	28.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	18.3%
65 to 74	29.1%	32.0%
75 and over	0.0%	23.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arrey	Elephant Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	80.5%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arrey	Elephant Butte
No high school diploma	50.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	0.0%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	49.8%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arrey	Elephant Butte
Drove alone	100.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arrey	Elephant Butte
1-unit, detached	0.0%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	58.9%

Poverty & households

	Arrey	Elephant Butte
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.0%
Average household size	7.53	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	—	1994