Las Palomas vs Truth or Consequences

A side-by-side comparison of Las Palomas and Truth or Consequences: population, income, housing, and more.

Las Palomas and Truth or Consequences are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Truth or Consequences has the higher population (6,026 vs 332 in Las Palomas). Truth or Consequences has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $104,200 in Las Palomas). Since 2019, Las Palomas's population has grown faster (+4.1% vs +2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Las Palomas	Truth or Consequences
Population	332	6,026
Median age	63.7 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$29,142
Median home value	$104,200	$107,500
Median gross rent	—	$676
Housing units	145	3,516
Homeownership rate	80.7%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Palomas	Truth or Consequences
Population	319 → 332 (+4.1%)	5,894 → 6,026 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$46,844 → $47,273 (+0.9%)	$23,988 → $29,142 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$134,400 → $104,200 (-22.5%)	$85,300 → $107,500 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$493 → $676 (+37.1%)

Las Palomas

Population

319332

Median household income

$46,844$47,273

Median home value

$134,400$104,200

Truth or Consequences

Population

5,8946,026

Median household income

$23,988$29,142

Median home value

$85,300$107,500

Median gross rent

$493$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Las Palomas	Truth or Consequences
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	3.3%	7.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	44.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.2%
75 and over	34.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Palomas	Truth or Consequences
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	35.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Palomas	Truth or Consequences
No high school diploma	6.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	69.6%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Palomas	Truth or Consequences
Drove alone	23.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	40.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.5%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Palomas	Truth or Consequences
1-unit, detached	8.3%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	91.7%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Las Palomas	Truth or Consequences
Poverty rate	0.0%	34.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1993	1975