Lemitar vs Luis Lopez

A side-by-side comparison of Lemitar and Luis Lopez: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lemitar has the higher population (432 vs 82 in Luis Lopez). Lemitar has the higher median household income ($92,201 vs $76,595 in Luis Lopez). Since 2019, Luis Lopez's population has grown faster (-1.2% vs -33.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lemitar	Luis Lopez
Population	432	82
Median age	24.0 yrs	74.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,201	$76,595
Median home value	—	$216,400
Housing units	205	39
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	52.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemitar	Luis Lopez
Population	653 → 432 (-33.8%)	83 → 82 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$48,918 → $92,201 (+88.5%)	$63,708 → $76,595 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $128,300 (+9.8%)	$187,900 → $216,400 (+15.2%)

Lemitar

Population

653432

Median household income

$48,918$92,201

Median home value

$116,900$128,300

Luis Lopez

Population

8382

Median household income

$63,708$76,595

Median home value

$187,900$216,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemitar	Luis Lopez
Under 5	15.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	34.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	35.4%
65 to 74	2.8%	42.7%
75 and over	8.3%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemitar	Luis Lopez
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	98.8%
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	79.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemitar	Luis Lopez
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	59.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	10.2%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	52.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemitar	Luis Lopez
Drove alone	100.0%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	100.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemitar	Luis Lopez
1-unit, detached	61.5%	97.4%
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	38.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Lemitar	Luis Lopez
Poverty rate	6.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.10
Median year structure built	1987	1938