Alamo vs Polvadera

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

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

Alamo has the higher population (1,242 vs 730 in Polvadera). Polvadera has the higher median home value ($180,000 vs $9,999 in Alamo). Since 2019, Polvadera's population has grown faster (+479.4% vs +45.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Polvadera
Population	1,242	730
Median age	39.3 yrs	7.8 yrs
Median household income	$24,427	—
Median home value	$9,999	$180,000
Housing units	464	156
Homeownership rate	52.2%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	17.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Polvadera
Population	851 → 1,242 (+45.9%)	126 → 730 (+479.4%)
Median household income	$19,615 → $24,427 (+24.5%)	$21,786 → $24,449 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$161,200 → $180,000 (+11.7%)

Alamo

Population

8511,242

Median household income

$19,615$24,427

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Polvadera

Population

126730

Median household income

$21,786$24,449

Median home value

$161,200$180,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Polvadera
Under 5	2.6%	28.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	28.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	0.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	19.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.8%
75 and over	8.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Polvadera
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	31.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.9%	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	0.0%	68.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	Polvadera
No high school diploma	40.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	34.2%	78.5%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	0.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Polvadera
Drove alone	57.0%	29.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	58.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Polvadera
1-unit, detached	70.9%	16.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	83.3%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Polvadera
Poverty rate	66.0%	86.2%
Average household size	4.11	5.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1973	1985