Chamisal vs Rio Lucio

A side-by-side comparison of Chamisal and Rio Lucio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rio Lucio has the higher population (625 vs 367 in Chamisal). Rio Lucio has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $40,833 in Chamisal). Chamisal has the higher median home value ($198,800 vs $184,200 in Rio Lucio).

Population, income & housing

	Chamisal	Rio Lucio
Population	367	625
Median age	42.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$43,750
Median home value	$198,800	$184,200
Median gross rent	$875	$1,107
Housing units	148	223
Homeownership rate	87.1%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chamisal	Rio Lucio
Population	348 → 367 (+5.5%)	424 → 625 (+47.4%)
Median household income	$31,000 → $40,833 (+31.7%)	$37,083 → $43,750 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $198,800 (+64.0%)	$108,000 → $184,200 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $875 (+40.0%)	$950 → $1,107 (+16.5%)

Chamisal

Population

348367

Median household income

$31,000$40,833

Median home value

$121,200$198,800

Median gross rent

$625$875

Rio Lucio

Population

424625

Median household income

$37,083$43,750

Median home value

$108,000$184,200

Median gross rent

$950$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chamisal	Rio Lucio
Under 5	1.6%	0.5%
5 to 17	10.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	19.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	6.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.5%
75 and over	12.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chamisal	Rio Lucio
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	3.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	91.8%	94.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chamisal	Rio Lucio
No high school diploma	15.7%	21.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chamisal	Rio Lucio
Drove alone	73.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.6%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chamisal	Rio Lucio
1-unit, detached	59.5%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.2%	44.8%

Poverty & households

	Chamisal	Rio Lucio
Poverty rate	10.6%	7.2%
Average household size	3.16	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	38	48
Median year structure built	1969	1977