DoÃ±a Ana County vs Lea County

A side-by-side comparison of DoÃ±a Ana County and Lea County: population, income, housing, and more.

DoÃ±a Ana County and Lea County are counties in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

DoÃ±a Ana County has the higher population (221,665 vs 73,154 in Lea County). Lea County has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $55,663 in DoÃ±a Ana County). DoÃ±a Ana County has the higher median home value ($205,400 vs $176,000 in Lea County).

Population, income & housing

	DoÃ±a Ana County	Lea County
Population	221,665	73,154
Median age	34.0 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,663	$68,750
Median home value	$205,400	$176,000
Median gross rent	$903	$1,119
Housing units	91,402	28,125
Homeownership rate	65.3%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DoÃ±a Ana County	Lea County
Population	216,069 → 221,665 (+2.6%)	70,277 → 73,154 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$40,973 → $55,663 (+35.9%)	$60,546 → $68,750 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$147,400 → $205,400 (+39.3%)	$133,100 → $176,000 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $903 (+19.8%)	$895 → $1,119 (+25.0%)

DoÃ±a Ana County

Population

216,069221,665

Median household income

$40,973$55,663

Median home value

$147,400$205,400

Median gross rent

$754$903

Lea County

Population

70,27773,154

Median household income

$60,546$68,750

Median home value

$133,100$176,000

Median gross rent

$895$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DoÃ±a Ana County	Lea County
Under 5	5.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.8%
18 to 24	14.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.0%
75 and over	7.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DoÃ±a Ana County	Lea County
White (non-Hispanic)	27.1%	32.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	67.6%	61.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DoÃ±a Ana County	Lea County
No high school diploma	17.3%	24.4%
High school graduate	22.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DoÃ±a Ana County	Lea County
Drove alone	75.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	17.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	3.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DoÃ±a Ana County	Lea County
1-unit, detached	60.1%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	3.6%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	DoÃ±a Ana County	Lea County
Poverty rate	22.2%	18.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1990	1977