Bosque Farms vs El Cerro

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

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

Bosque Farms has the higher population (4,042 vs 3,093 in El Cerro). El Cerro has the higher median household income ($112,174 vs $63,889 in Bosque Farms). El Cerro has the higher median home value ($291,800 vs $261,900 in Bosque Farms).

Population, income & housing

	Bosque Farms	El Cerro
Population	4,042	3,093
Median age	48.0 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,889	$112,174
Median home value	$261,900	$291,800
Median gross rent	$869	$1,045
Housing units	1,724	1,021
Homeownership rate	88.9%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bosque Farms	El Cerro
Population	3,876 → 4,042 (+4.3%)	3,202 → 3,093 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$52,105 → $63,889 (+22.6%)	$85,469 → $112,174 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$209,400 → $261,900 (+25.1%)	$185,300 → $291,800 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $869 (-6.9%)	$938 → $1,045 (+11.4%)

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

El Cerro

Population

3,2023,093

Median household income

$85,469$112,174

Median home value

$185,300$291,800

Median gross rent

$938$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bosque Farms	El Cerro
Under 5	3.8%	14.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	5.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	5.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	19.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	9.4%
75 and over	9.7%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bosque Farms	El Cerro
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	24.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	72.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bosque Farms	El Cerro
No high school diploma	5.5%	24.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bosque Farms	El Cerro
Drove alone	65.4%	86.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	3.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bosque Farms	El Cerro
1-unit, detached	76.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Bosque Farms	El Cerro
Poverty rate	20.8%	3.2%
Average household size	2.44	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1979	1984