Belen vs Los Chaves

A side-by-side comparison of Belen and Los Chaves: population, income, housing, and more.

Belen and Los Chaves 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 4,641 in Los Chaves). Los Chaves has the higher median household income ($81,320 vs $40,354 in Belen). Los Chaves has the higher median home value ($240,500 vs $154,600 in Belen).

Population, income & housing

	Belen	Los Chaves
Population	7,427	4,641
Median age	39.0 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,354	$81,320
Median home value	$154,600	$240,500
Median gross rent	$877	$860
Housing units	3,173	2,067
Homeownership rate	74.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belen	Los Chaves
Population	7,403 → 7,427 (+0.3%)	6,109 → 4,641 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$36,601 → $40,354 (+10.3%)	$70,505 → $81,320 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $154,600 (+45.2%)	$162,500 → $240,500 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $877 (+20.0%)	$881 → $860 (-2.4%)

Belen

Population

7,4037,427

Median household income

$36,601$40,354

Median home value

$106,500$154,600

Median gross rent

$731$877

Los Chaves

Population

6,1094,641

Median household income

$70,505$81,320

Median home value

$162,500$240,500

Median gross rent

$881$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belen	Los Chaves
Under 5	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.0%
75 and over	7.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belen	Los Chaves
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	35.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	70.4%	57.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belen	Los Chaves
No high school diploma	19.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	26.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belen	Los Chaves
Drove alone	71.7%	71.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	14.0%
Other means	4.8%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belen	Los Chaves
1-unit, detached	66.4%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
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%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Belen	Los Chaves
Poverty rate	28.5%	25.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1979	1987