Chical vs Highland Meadows

A side-by-side comparison of Chical and Highland Meadows: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highland Meadows has the higher population (332 vs 148 in Chical). Since 2019, Chical's population has grown faster (+37.0% vs -26.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Chical	Highland Meadows
Population	148	332
Median age	35.2 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,304	—
Median home value	—	$130,500
Housing units	83	223
Homeownership rate	84.2%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.7%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chical	Highland Meadows
Population	108 → 148 (+37.0%)	451 → 332 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$70,400 → $83,304 (+18.3%)	$40,313 → $26,339 (-34.7%)
Median home value	$339,000 → $352,000 (+3.8%)	$56,600 → $130,500 (+130.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$733 → $804 (+9.7%)

Chical

Population

108148

Median household income

$70,400$83,304

Median home value

$339,000$352,000

Highland Meadows

Population

451332

Median household income

$40,313$26,339

Median home value

$56,600$130,500

Median gross rent

$733$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chical	Highland Meadows
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	48.6%	31.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.4%
55 to 64	37.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	9.9%
75 and over	0.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chical	Highland Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	56.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	5.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	37.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chical	Highland Meadows
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	0.0%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	73.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chical	Highland Meadows
Drove alone	100.0%	64.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chical	Highland Meadows
1-unit, detached	86.7%	18.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	13.3%	81.2%

Poverty & households

	Chical	Highland Meadows
Poverty rate	56.8%	42.8%
Average household size	1.95	2.74
Median year structure built	2013	1988