Jarales vs Monterey Park

A side-by-side comparison of Jarales and Monterey Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jarales has the higher population (1,939 vs 814 in Monterey Park). Jarales has the higher median household income ($52,961 vs $28,293 in Monterey Park). Since 2019, Jarales's population has grown faster (-4.3% vs -49.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Jarales	Monterey Park
Population	1,939	814
Median age	57.8 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,961	$28,293
Median home value	$166,100	—
Median gross rent	$560	—
Housing units	1,111	303
Homeownership rate	86.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jarales	Monterey Park
Population	2,026 → 1,939 (-4.3%)	1,600 → 814 (-49.1%)
Median household income	$40,613 → $52,961 (+30.4%)	$19,879 → $28,293 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $166,100 (+12.2%)	$106,000 → $130,600 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $560 (-8.8%)	—

Jarales

Population

2,0261,939

Median household income

$40,613$52,961

Median home value

$148,000$166,100

Median gross rent

$614$560

Monterey Park

Population

1,600814

Median household income

$19,879$28,293

Median home value

$106,000$130,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jarales	Monterey Park
Under 5	0.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	22.6%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	1.8%	18.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	21.0%
45 to 54	19.6%	4.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	7.1%
65 to 74	27.8%	15.1%
75 and over	10.9%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jarales	Monterey Park
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	70.5%	92.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jarales	Monterey Park
No high school diploma	13.0%	39.3%
High school graduate	50.2%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jarales	Monterey Park
Drove alone	77.8%	72.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	15.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jarales	Monterey Park
1-unit, detached	57.1%	3.3%
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	42.9%	96.7%

Poverty & households

	Jarales	Monterey Park
Poverty rate	4.1%	39.2%
Average household size	2.09	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1988	1981