Las Nutrias vs Veguita

A side-by-side comparison of Las Nutrias and Veguita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Veguita has the higher population (79 vs 51 in Las Nutrias). Since 2019, Veguita's population has grown faster (+8.2% vs -58.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Las Nutrias	Veguita
Population	51	79
Median age	82.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Housing units	37	60
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Nutrias	Veguita
Population	124 → 51 (-58.9%)	73 → 79 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$60,144 → $68,194 (+13.4%)	—

Las Nutrias

Population

12451

Median household income

$60,144$68,194

Veguita

Population

7379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Las Nutrias	Veguita
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	73.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	26.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	100.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Nutrias	Veguita
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Nutrias	Veguita
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	75.9%
Some college or associate's	52.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Nutrias	Veguita
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Las Nutrias	Veguita
Poverty rate	0.0%	100.0%
Average household size	1.38	1.32