Arroyo Hondo vs Chamisal

A side-by-side comparison of Arroyo Hondo and Chamisal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chamisal has the higher population (367 vs 198 in Arroyo Hondo). Since 2019, Arroyo Hondo's population has grown faster (+12.5% vs +5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo Hondo	Chamisal
Population	198	367
Median age	49.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$40,833
Median home value	—	$198,800
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	95	148
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo Hondo	Chamisal
Population	176 → 198 (+12.5%)	348 → 367 (+5.5%)
Median household income	—	$31,000 → $40,833 (+31.7%)
Median home value	—	$121,200 → $198,800 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $875 (+40.0%)

Arroyo Hondo

Population

176198

Chamisal

Population

348367

Median household income

$31,000$40,833

Median home value

$121,200$198,800

Median gross rent

$625$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo Hondo	Chamisal
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	74.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	25.3%	9.8%
75 and over	0.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo Hondo	Chamisal
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	7.6%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	91.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo Hondo	Chamisal
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.7%
High school graduate	52.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo Hondo	Chamisal
Drove alone	100.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo Hondo	Chamisal
1-unit, detached	0.0%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	39.2%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo Hondo	Chamisal
Poverty rate	25.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.08	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	—	1969