Las Maravillas vs Valencia

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

Las Maravillas 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 1,776 in Las Maravillas). Valencia has the higher median household income ($70,521 vs $61,200 in Las Maravillas). Valencia has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $191,300 in Las Maravillas).

Population, income & housing

	Las Maravillas	Valencia
Population	1,776	2,219
Median age	30.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,200	$70,521
Median home value	$191,300	$242,400
Median gross rent	—	$676
Housing units	583	960
Homeownership rate	94.7%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Maravillas	Valencia
Population	1,723 → 1,776 (+3.1%)	2,018 → 2,219 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$46,786 → $61,200 (+30.8%)	$65,139 → $70,521 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$139,500 → $191,300 (+37.1%)	$165,200 → $242,400 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,196 (+5.4%)	$545 → $676 (+24.0%)

Las Maravillas

Population

1,7231,776

Median household income

$46,786$61,200

Median home value

$139,500$191,300

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,196

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)

	Las Maravillas	Valencia
Under 5	4.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	15.3%	1.6%
25 to 34	18.9%	22.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	5.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	5.3%
55 to 64	7.7%	23.3%
65 to 74	3.9%	13.7%
75 and over	3.7%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Maravillas	Valencia
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	35.8%
Black or African American	16.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	64.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Maravillas	Valencia
No high school diploma	14.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	16.8%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Maravillas	Valencia
Drove alone	86.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Maravillas	Valencia
1-unit, detached	95.9%	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	4.1%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Las Maravillas	Valencia
Poverty rate	11.7%	24.0%
Average household size	3.13	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1997	1981