Elephant Butte vs Hillsboro

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

Elephant Butte and Hillsboro 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 220 in Hillsboro). Elephant Butte has the higher median household income ($45,179 vs $16,038 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median home value ($219,400 vs $166,800 in Elephant Butte).

Population, income & housing

	Elephant Butte	Hillsboro
Population	1,586	220
Median age	66.1 yrs	69.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,179	$16,038
Median home value	$166,800	$219,400
Median gross rent	$1,169	—
Housing units	1,566	203
Homeownership rate	86.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elephant Butte	Hillsboro
Population	1,352 → 1,586 (+17.3%)	154 → 220 (+42.9%)
Median household income	$43,846 → $45,179 (+3.0%)	$18,375 → $16,038 (-12.7%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $166,800 (+23.2%)	$257,500 → $219,400 (-14.8%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,169 (+26.0%)	—

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

Hillsboro

Population

154220

Median household income

$18,375$16,038

Median home value

$257,500$219,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elephant Butte	Hillsboro
Under 5	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.3%	23.2%
65 to 74	32.0%	45.0%
75 and over	23.5%	31.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elephant Butte	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	88.6%
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	2.1%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elephant Butte	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	2.8%	27.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elephant Butte	Hillsboro
Drove alone	88.6%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	53.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	46.7%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elephant Butte	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	39.7%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.9%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Elephant Butte	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	10.0%	39.5%
Average household size	1.67	1.43
Mean commute (minutes)	11	—
Median year structure built	1994	1970