Los Chaves vs Rio Communities

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

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

Rio Communities has the higher population (4,924 vs 4,641 in Los Chaves). Los Chaves has the higher median household income ($81,320 vs $46,223 in Rio Communities). Los Chaves has the higher median home value ($240,500 vs $200,000 in Rio Communities).

Population, income & housing

	Los Chaves	Rio Communities
Population	4,641	4,924
Median age	46.8 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,320	$46,223
Median home value	$240,500	$200,000
Median gross rent	$860	$870
Housing units	2,067	1,999
Homeownership rate	91.5%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Chaves	Rio Communities
Population	6,109 → 4,641 (-24.0%)	4,568 → 4,924 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$70,505 → $81,320 (+15.3%)	$34,281 → $46,223 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $240,500 (+48.0%)	$140,000 → $200,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $860 (-2.4%)	$968 → $870 (-10.1%)

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

Rio Communities

Population

4,5684,924

Median household income

$34,281$46,223

Median home value

$140,000$200,000

Median gross rent

$968$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Chaves	Rio Communities
Under 5	5.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	10.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	16.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	18.1%	21.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.2%
75 and over	8.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Chaves	Rio Communities
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	37.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	4.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	57.8%	49.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Chaves	Rio Communities
No high school diploma	8.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Chaves	Rio Communities
Drove alone	71.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	12.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	9.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Chaves	Rio Communities
1-unit, detached	57.1%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	42.9%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Los Chaves	Rio Communities
Poverty rate	25.7%	15.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1987	1982