Jarales vs Valencia

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

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

Valencia has the higher population (2,219 vs 1,939 in Jarales). Valencia has the higher median household income ($70,521 vs $52,961 in Jarales). Valencia has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $166,100 in Jarales).

Population, income & housing

	Jarales	Valencia
Population	1,939	2,219
Median age	57.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,961	$70,521
Median home value	$166,100	$242,400
Median gross rent	$560	$676
Housing units	1,111	960
Homeownership rate	86.4%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jarales	Valencia
Population	2,026 → 1,939 (-4.3%)	2,018 → 2,219 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$40,613 → $52,961 (+30.4%)	$65,139 → $70,521 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $166,100 (+12.2%)	$165,200 → $242,400 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $560 (-8.8%)	$545 → $676 (+24.0%)

Jarales

Population

2,0261,939

Median household income

$40,613$52,961

Median home value

$148,000$166,100

Median gross rent

$614$560

Valencia

Population

2,0182,219

Median household income

$65,139$70,521

Median home value

$165,200$242,400

Median gross rent

$545$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jarales	Valencia
Under 5	0.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	1.2%	1.6%
25 to 34	1.8%	22.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	5.3%
45 to 54	19.6%	5.3%
55 to 64	16.2%	23.3%
65 to 74	27.8%	13.7%
75 and over	10.9%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jarales	Valencia
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	35.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	70.5%	64.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jarales	Valencia
No high school diploma	13.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	50.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jarales	Valencia
Drove alone	77.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	15.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jarales	Valencia
1-unit, detached	57.1%	59.0%
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%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Jarales	Valencia
Poverty rate	4.1%	24.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1988	1981