Chamisal vs Red River

A side-by-side comparison of Chamisal and Red River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red River has the higher population (456 vs 367 in Chamisal). Red River has the higher median home value ($432,400 vs $198,800 in Chamisal). Since 2019, Chamisal's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs -1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Chamisal	Red River
Population	367	456
Median age	42.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	—
Median home value	$198,800	$432,400
Median gross rent	$875	$935
Housing units	148	984
Homeownership rate	87.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chamisal	Red River
Population	348 → 367 (+5.5%)	465 → 456 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$31,000 → $40,833 (+31.7%)	—
Median home value	$121,200 → $198,800 (+64.0%)	$259,700 → $432,400 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $875 (+40.0%)	$792 → $935 (+18.1%)

Chamisal

Population

348367

Median household income

$31,000$40,833

Median home value

$121,200$198,800

Median gross rent

$625$875

Red River

Population

465456

Median home value

$259,700$432,400

Median gross rent

$792$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chamisal	Red River
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	2.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	4.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	31.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	5.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.0%
75 and over	12.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chamisal	Red River
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	0.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	91.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chamisal	Red River
No high school diploma	15.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chamisal	Red River
Drove alone	73.5%	34.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	22.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	26.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chamisal	Red River
1-unit, detached	59.5%	42.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	30.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	39.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Chamisal	Red River
Poverty rate	10.6%	9.0%
Average household size	3.16	1.46
Mean commute (minutes)	38	4
Median year structure built	1969	1979