Elephant Butte vs Oasis

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

Elephant Butte and Oasis 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 123 in Oasis). Elephant Butte has the higher median household income ($45,179 vs $11,490 in Oasis). Since 2019, Oasis's population has grown faster (+83.6% vs +17.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Elephant Butte	Oasis
Population	1,586	123
Median age	66.1 yrs	67.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,179	$11,490
Median home value	$166,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,169	—
Housing units	1,566	110
Homeownership rate	86.0%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elephant Butte	Oasis
Population	1,352 → 1,586 (+17.3%)	67 → 123 (+83.6%)
Median household income	$43,846 → $45,179 (+3.0%)	$8,919 → $11,490 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $166,800 (+23.2%)	—
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

Oasis

Population

67123

Median household income

$8,919$11,490

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elephant Butte	Oasis
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%	47.2%
65 to 74	32.0%	30.9%
75 and over	23.5%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elephant Butte	Oasis
No high school diploma	2.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Elephant Butte	Oasis
Poverty rate	10.0%	90.2%
Average household size	1.67	1.32
Mean commute (minutes)	11	—
Median year structure built	1994	1967