Belen vs El Cerro Mission

A side-by-side comparison of Belen and El Cerro Mission: population, income, housing, and more.

Belen and El Cerro Mission 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 5,101 in El Cerro Mission). El Cerro Mission has the higher median household income ($49,719 vs $40,354 in Belen). Belen has the higher median home value ($154,600 vs $101,000 in El Cerro Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Belen	El Cerro Mission
Population	7,427	5,101
Median age	39.0 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,354	$49,719
Median home value	$154,600	$101,000
Median gross rent	$877	$1,289
Housing units	3,173	1,568
Homeownership rate	74.5%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	18.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belen	El Cerro Mission
Population	7,403 → 7,427 (+0.3%)	4,170 → 5,101 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$36,601 → $40,354 (+10.3%)	$31,941 → $49,719 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $154,600 (+45.2%)	$72,800 → $101,000 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $877 (+20.0%)	$1,206 → $1,289 (+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

El Cerro Mission

Population

4,1705,101

Median household income

$31,941$49,719

Median home value

$72,800$101,000

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,289

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belen	El Cerro Mission
Under 5	4.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.5%
75 and over	7.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belen	El Cerro Mission
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	19.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	70.4%	79.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belen	El Cerro Mission
No high school diploma	19.5%	26.4%
High school graduate	26.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belen	El Cerro Mission
Drove alone	71.7%	73.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	16.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.8%
Other means	4.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belen	El Cerro Mission
1-unit, detached	66.4%	41.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	58.0%

Poverty & households

	Belen	El Cerro Mission
Poverty rate	28.5%	26.2%
Average household size	2.70	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1979	1996