Los Chaves vs Peralta

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

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

Los Chaves has the higher population (4,641 vs 3,385 in Peralta). Los Chaves has the higher median household income ($81,320 vs $67,703 in Peralta). Peralta has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $240,500 in Los Chaves).

Population, income & housing

	Los Chaves	Peralta
Population	4,641	3,385
Median age	46.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,320	$67,703
Median home value	$240,500	$275,000
Median gross rent	$860	$1,327
Housing units	2,067	1,471
Homeownership rate	91.5%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Chaves	Peralta
Population	6,109 → 4,641 (-24.0%)	3,576 → 3,385 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$70,505 → $81,320 (+15.3%)	$51,118 → $67,703 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $240,500 (+48.0%)	$190,000 → $275,000 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $860 (-2.4%)	$533 → $1,327 (+149.0%)

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

Peralta

Population

3,5763,385

Median household income

$51,118$67,703

Median home value

$190,000$275,000

Median gross rent

$533$1,327

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Chaves	Peralta
Under 5	5.5%	12.5%
5 to 17	10.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	6.8%
55 to 64	18.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.9%
75 and over	8.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Chaves	Peralta
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	43.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	57.8%	46.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Chaves	Peralta
No high school diploma	8.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Chaves	Peralta
Drove alone	71.2%	77.2%
Carpooled	12.3%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	4.8%
Other means	2.5%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Chaves	Peralta
1-unit, detached	57.1%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.9%	37.4%

Poverty & households

	Los Chaves	Peralta
Poverty rate	25.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1987	1979