Peralta vs Rio Communities

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

Peralta 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 3,385 in Peralta). Peralta has the higher median household income ($67,703 vs $46,223 in Rio Communities). Peralta has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $200,000 in Rio Communities).

Population, income & housing

	Peralta	Rio Communities
Population	3,385	4,924
Median age	39.0 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,703	$46,223
Median home value	$275,000	$200,000
Median gross rent	$1,327	$870
Housing units	1,471	1,999
Homeownership rate	85.5%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peralta	Rio Communities
Population	3,576 → 3,385 (-5.3%)	4,568 → 4,924 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$51,118 → $67,703 (+32.4%)	$34,281 → $46,223 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $275,000 (+44.7%)	$140,000 → $200,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $1,327 (+149.0%)	$968 → $870 (-10.1%)

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

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)

	Peralta	Rio Communities
Under 5	12.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	16.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	4.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	21.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.2%
75 and over	7.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peralta	Rio Communities
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	37.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	46.6%	49.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peralta	Rio Communities
No high school diploma	10.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	20.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peralta	Rio Communities
Drove alone	77.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	9.9%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peralta	Rio Communities
1-unit, detached	59.0%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	37.4%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Peralta	Rio Communities
Poverty rate	11.1%	15.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1979	1982