Bosque Farms vs Rio Communities

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

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

Rio Communities has the higher population (4,924 vs 4,042 in Bosque Farms). Bosque Farms has the higher median household income ($63,889 vs $46,223 in Rio Communities). Bosque Farms has the higher median home value ($261,900 vs $200,000 in Rio Communities).

Population, income & housing

	Bosque Farms	Rio Communities
Population	4,042	4,924
Median age	48.0 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,889	$46,223
Median home value	$261,900	$200,000
Median gross rent	$869	$870
Housing units	1,724	1,999
Homeownership rate	88.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bosque Farms	Rio Communities
Population	3,876 → 4,042 (+4.3%)	4,568 → 4,924 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$52,105 → $63,889 (+22.6%)	$34,281 → $46,223 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$209,400 → $261,900 (+25.1%)	$140,000 → $200,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $869 (-6.9%)	$968 → $870 (-10.1%)

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

Rio Communities

Population

4,5684,924

Median household income

$34,281$46,223

Median home value

$140,000$200,000

Median gross rent

$968$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bosque Farms	Rio Communities
Under 5	3.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	16.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	21.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	13.2%
75 and over	9.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bosque Farms	Rio Communities
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	37.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	0.4%
Asian	1.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	4.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	52.9%	49.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bosque Farms	Rio Communities
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bosque Farms	Rio Communities
Drove alone	65.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	9.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bosque Farms	Rio Communities
1-unit, detached	76.1%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Bosque Farms	Rio Communities
Poverty rate	20.8%	15.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1979	1982