El Cerro Mission vs Los Chaves

A side-by-side comparison of El Cerro Mission and Los Chaves: population, income, housing, and more.

El Cerro Mission and Los Chaves are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

El Cerro Mission has the higher population (5,101 vs 4,641 in Los Chaves). Los Chaves has the higher median household income ($81,320 vs $49,719 in El Cerro Mission). Los Chaves has the higher median home value ($240,500 vs $101,000 in El Cerro Mission).

Population, income & housing

	El Cerro Mission	Los Chaves
Population	5,101	4,641
Median age	34.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,719	$81,320
Median home value	$101,000	$240,500
Median gross rent	$1,289	$860
Housing units	1,568	2,067
Homeownership rate	81.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Cerro Mission	Los Chaves
Population	4,170 → 5,101 (+22.3%)	6,109 → 4,641 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$31,941 → $49,719 (+55.7%)	$70,505 → $81,320 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $101,000 (+38.7%)	$162,500 → $240,500 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,289 (+6.9%)	$881 → $860 (-2.4%)

El Cerro Mission

Population

4,1705,101

Median household income

$31,941$49,719

Median home value

$72,800$101,000

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,289

Los Chaves

Population

6,1094,641

Median household income

$70,505$81,320

Median home value

$162,500$240,500

Median gross rent

$881$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Cerro Mission	Los Chaves
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	23.3%	10.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	18.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.0%
75 and over	1.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Cerro Mission	Los Chaves
White (non-Hispanic)	19.0%	35.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	79.5%	57.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Cerro Mission	Los Chaves
No high school diploma	26.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Cerro Mission	Los Chaves
Drove alone	73.1%	71.2%
Carpooled	16.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.0%
Other means	1.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Cerro Mission	Los Chaves
1-unit, detached	41.3%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	58.0%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	El Cerro Mission	Los Chaves
Poverty rate	26.2%	25.7%
Average household size	3.58	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	39	27
Median year structure built	1996	1987