Alamillo vs Polvadera

A side-by-side comparison of Alamillo and Polvadera: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Polvadera has the higher population (730 vs 168 in Alamillo). Polvadera has the higher median home value ($180,000 vs $111,800 in Alamillo). Since 2019, Polvadera's population has grown faster (+479.4% vs +17.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Alamillo	Polvadera
Population	168	730
Median age	64.1 yrs	7.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,447	—
Median home value	$111,800	$180,000
Housing units	78	156
Homeownership rate	65.7%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamillo	Polvadera
Population	143 → 168 (+17.5%)	126 → 730 (+479.4%)
Median household income	$34,000 → $31,447 (-7.5%)	$21,786 → $24,449 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $111,800 (+26.6%)	$161,200 → $180,000 (+11.7%)

Alamillo

Population

143168

Median household income

$34,000$31,447

Median home value

$88,300$111,800

Polvadera

Population

126730

Median household income

$21,786$24,449

Median home value

$161,200$180,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamillo	Polvadera
Under 5	0.0%	28.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	28.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	19.6%
55 to 64	57.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	35.1%	11.8%
75 and over	7.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamillo	Polvadera
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	31.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	68.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamillo	Polvadera
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	92.3%	78.5%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	0.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamillo	Polvadera
Drove alone	0.0%	29.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	100.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	58.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamillo	Polvadera
1-unit, detached	16.7%	16.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.6%	83.3%

Poverty & households

	Alamillo	Polvadera
Poverty rate	56.5%	86.2%
Average household size	2.40	5.45
Median year structure built	1973	1985