Alamillo vs Socorro

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

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

Socorro has the higher population (8,540 vs 168 in Alamillo). Socorro has the higher median household income ($51,343 vs $31,447 in Alamillo). Socorro has the higher median home value ($162,400 vs $111,800 in Alamillo).

Population, income & housing

	Alamillo	Socorro
Population	168	8,540
Median age	64.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,447	$51,343
Median home value	$111,800	$162,400
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	78	3,679
Homeownership rate	65.7%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamillo	Socorro
Population	143 → 168 (+17.5%)	8,460 → 8,540 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$34,000 → $31,447 (-7.5%)	$41,271 → $51,343 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $111,800 (+26.6%)	$135,600 → $162,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$636 → $675 (+6.1%)

Alamillo

Population

143168

Median household income

$34,000$31,447

Median home value

$88,300$111,800

Socorro

Population

8,4608,540

Median household income

$41,271$51,343

Median home value

$135,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$636$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamillo	Socorro
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	21.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	57.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	35.1%	11.4%
75 and over	7.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamillo	Socorro
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	34.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.0%	51.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamillo	Socorro
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	92.3%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamillo	Socorro
Drove alone	0.0%	70.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	100.0%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamillo	Socorro
1-unit, detached	16.7%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	52.6%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Alamillo	Socorro
Poverty rate	56.5%	24.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1973	1979