Chical vs Madrone

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

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

Madrone has the higher population (345 vs 148 in Chical). Chical has the higher median household income ($83,304 vs $18,241 in Madrone). Since 2019, Chical's population has grown faster (+37.0% vs -41.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Chical	Madrone
Population	148	345
Median age	35.2 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,304	$18,241
Median home value	—	$48,000
Housing units	83	171
Homeownership rate	84.2%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chical	Madrone
Population	108 → 148 (+37.0%)	590 → 345 (-41.5%)
Median household income	$70,400 → $83,304 (+18.3%)	$20,813 → $18,241 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$339,000 → $352,000 (+3.8%)	$105,200 → $48,000 (-54.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$779 → $778 (-0.1%)

Chical

Population

108148

Median household income

$70,400$83,304

Median home value

$339,000$352,000

Madrone

Population

590345

Median household income

$20,813$18,241

Median home value

$105,200$48,000

Median gross rent

$779$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chical	Madrone
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	48.6%	27.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	37.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	5.4%	22.9%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chical	Madrone
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	20.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	1.2%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	75.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chical	Madrone
No high school diploma	0.0%	23.7%
High school graduate	0.0%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	73.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chical	Madrone
Drove alone	100.0%	47.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	52.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chical	Madrone
1-unit, detached	86.7%	21.1%
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%	78.9%

Poverty & households

	Chical	Madrone
Poverty rate	56.8%	38.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	74
Median year structure built	2013	1990