Belen vs Bosque Farms

A side-by-side comparison of Belen and Bosque Farms: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belen has the higher population (7,427 vs 4,042 in Bosque Farms). Bosque Farms has the higher median household income ($63,889 vs $40,354 in Belen). Bosque Farms has the higher median home value ($261,900 vs $154,600 in Belen).

Population, income & housing

	Belen	Bosque Farms
Population	7,427	4,042
Median age	39.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,354	$63,889
Median home value	$154,600	$261,900
Median gross rent	$877	$869
Housing units	3,173	1,724
Homeownership rate	74.5%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belen	Bosque Farms
Population	7,403 → 7,427 (+0.3%)	3,876 → 4,042 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$36,601 → $40,354 (+10.3%)	$52,105 → $63,889 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $154,600 (+45.2%)	$209,400 → $261,900 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $877 (+20.0%)	$933 → $869 (-6.9%)

Belen

Population

7,4037,427

Median household income

$36,601$40,354

Median home value

$106,500$154,600

Median gross rent

$731$877

Bosque Farms

Population

3,8764,042

Median household income

$52,105$63,889

Median home value

$209,400$261,900

Median gross rent

$933$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belen	Bosque Farms
Under 5	4.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	16.7%
75 and over	7.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belen	Bosque Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	41.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.7%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	70.4%	52.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belen	Bosque Farms
No high school diploma	19.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belen	Bosque Farms
Drove alone	71.7%	65.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	21.8%
Other means	4.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belen	Bosque Farms
1-unit, detached	66.4%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Belen	Bosque Farms
Poverty rate	28.5%	20.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1979	1979