Bosque Farms vs Meadow Lake

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

Bosque Farms and Meadow Lake 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 3,959 in Meadow Lake). Bosque Farms has the higher median household income ($63,889 vs $38,872 in Meadow Lake). Bosque Farms has the higher median home value ($261,900 vs $83,500 in Meadow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bosque Farms	Meadow Lake
Population	4,042	3,959
Median age	48.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,889	$38,872
Median home value	$261,900	$83,500
Median gross rent	$869	$783
Housing units	1,724	1,610
Homeownership rate	88.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bosque Farms	Meadow Lake
Population	3,876 → 4,042 (+4.3%)	3,832 → 3,959 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$52,105 → $63,889 (+22.6%)	$30,532 → $38,872 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$209,400 → $261,900 (+25.1%)	$73,900 → $83,500 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $869 (-6.9%)	$703 → $783 (+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

Meadow Lake

Population

3,8323,959

Median household income

$30,532$38,872

Median home value

$73,900$83,500

Median gross rent

$703$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bosque Farms	Meadow Lake
Under 5	3.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	30.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	16.7%	7.3%
75 and over	9.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bosque Farms	Meadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	13.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	1.6%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	83.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bosque Farms	Meadow Lake
No high school diploma	5.5%	30.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bosque Farms	Meadow Lake
Drove alone	65.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	24.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	4.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bosque Farms	Meadow Lake
1-unit, detached	76.1%	14.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.9%
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%	84.3%

Poverty & households

	Bosque Farms	Meadow Lake
Poverty rate	20.8%	30.2%
Average household size	2.44	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1979	1992