Belen vs Los Lunas

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

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

Los Lunas has the higher population (17,932 vs 7,427 in Belen). Los Lunas has the higher median household income ($63,696 vs $40,354 in Belen). Los Lunas has the higher median home value ($232,700 vs $154,600 in Belen).

Population, income & housing

	Belen	Los Lunas
Population	7,427	17,932
Median age	39.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,354	$63,696
Median home value	$154,600	$232,700
Median gross rent	$877	$1,157
Housing units	3,173	7,103
Homeownership rate	74.5%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belen	Los Lunas
Population	7,403 → 7,427 (+0.3%)	15,589 → 17,932 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$36,601 → $40,354 (+10.3%)	$56,250 → $63,696 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $154,600 (+45.2%)	$161,000 → $232,700 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $877 (+20.0%)	$1,039 → $1,157 (+11.4%)

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 Lunas

Population

15,58917,932

Median household income

$56,250$63,696

Median home value

$161,000$232,700

Median gross rent

$1,039$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belen	Los Lunas
Under 5	4.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.7%
75 and over	7.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belen	Los Lunas
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	31.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.2%
Asian	0.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	70.4%	57.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belen	Los Lunas
No high school diploma	19.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	26.8%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belen	Los Lunas
Drove alone	71.7%	80.3%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	2.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.8%
Other means	4.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belen	Los Lunas
1-unit, detached	66.4%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	4.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Belen	Los Lunas
Poverty rate	28.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1979	1997