Peralta vs Valencia

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

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

Peralta has the higher population (3,385 vs 2,219 in Valencia). Valencia has the higher median household income ($70,521 vs $67,703 in Peralta). Peralta has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $242,400 in Valencia).

Population, income & housing

	Peralta	Valencia
Population	3,385	2,219
Median age	39.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,703	$70,521
Median home value	$275,000	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,327	$676
Housing units	1,471	960
Homeownership rate	85.5%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peralta	Valencia
Population	3,576 → 3,385 (-5.3%)	2,018 → 2,219 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$51,118 → $67,703 (+32.4%)	$65,139 → $70,521 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $275,000 (+44.7%)	$165,200 → $242,400 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $1,327 (+149.0%)	$545 → $676 (+24.0%)

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

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)

	Peralta	Valencia
Under 5	12.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	1.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	22.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	6.8%	5.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	23.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.7%
75 and over	7.3%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peralta	Valencia
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	35.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	46.6%	64.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peralta	Valencia
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	20.0%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peralta	Valencia
Drove alone	77.2%	78.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	1.4%
Other means	4.9%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peralta	Valencia
1-unit, detached	59.0%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.4%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Peralta	Valencia
Poverty rate	11.1%	24.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1979	1981