Rio Lucio vs Talpa

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

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

Talpa has the higher population (1,126 vs 625 in Rio Lucio). Talpa has the higher median household income ($59,323 vs $43,750 in Rio Lucio). Talpa has the higher median home value ($356,300 vs $184,200 in Rio Lucio).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Lucio	Talpa
Population	625	1,126
Median age	39.0 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$59,323
Median home value	$184,200	$356,300
Median gross rent	$1,107	—
Housing units	223	735
Homeownership rate	90.8%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	55.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Lucio	Talpa
Population	424 → 625 (+47.4%)	934 → 1,126 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$37,083 → $43,750 (+18.0%)	$32,388 → $59,323 (+83.2%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $184,200 (+70.6%)	$319,300 → $356,300 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,107 (+16.5%)	—

Rio Lucio

Population

424625

Median household income

$37,083$43,750

Median home value

$108,000$184,200

Median gross rent

$950$1,107

Talpa

Population

9341,126

Median household income

$32,388$59,323

Median home value

$319,300$356,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio Lucio	Talpa
Under 5	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	19.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	6.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	23.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.8%
75 and over	12.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Lucio	Talpa
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	55.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	94.2%	37.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Lucio	Talpa
No high school diploma	21.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	30.0%	3.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Lucio	Talpa
Drove alone	76.7%	63.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	18.5%
Public transit	4.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	18.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Lucio	Talpa
1-unit, detached	55.2%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	44.8%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Rio Lucio	Talpa
Poverty rate	7.2%	7.6%
Average household size	3.38	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	48	16
Median year structure built	1977	1988