Bosque Farms vs Peralta

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

Bosque Farms and Peralta 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 3,385 in Peralta). Peralta has the higher median household income ($67,703 vs $63,889 in Bosque Farms). Peralta has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $261,900 in Bosque Farms).

Population, income & housing

	Bosque Farms	Peralta
Population	4,042	3,385
Median age	48.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,889	$67,703
Median home value	$261,900	$275,000
Median gross rent	$869	$1,327
Housing units	1,724	1,471
Homeownership rate	88.9%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bosque Farms	Peralta
Population	3,876 → 4,042 (+4.3%)	3,576 → 3,385 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$52,105 → $63,889 (+22.6%)	$51,118 → $67,703 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$209,400 → $261,900 (+25.1%)	$190,000 → $275,000 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $869 (-6.9%)	$533 → $1,327 (+149.0%)

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

Peralta

Population

3,5763,385

Median household income

$51,118$67,703

Median home value

$190,000$275,000

Median gross rent

$533$1,327

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bosque Farms	Peralta
Under 5	3.8%	12.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.9%
75 and over	9.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bosque Farms	Peralta
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	43.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	1.7%
Asian	1.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	46.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bosque Farms	Peralta
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bosque Farms	Peralta
Drove alone	65.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	4.8%
Other means	1.2%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bosque Farms	Peralta
1-unit, detached	76.1%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	37.4%

Poverty & households

	Bosque Farms	Peralta
Poverty rate	20.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1979	1979