Garfield vs Placitas

A side-by-side comparison of Garfield and Placitas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Placitas has the higher population (473 vs 98 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Placitas
Population	98	473
Median age	29.8 yrs	19.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$14,907
Median gross rent	—	$462
Housing units	22	188
Homeownership rate	100.0%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Placitas
Population	0 → 98 (+0.0%)	364 → 473 (+29.9%)
Median household income	—	$10,667 → $14,907 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$459 → $462 (+0.7%)

Garfield

Population

098

Placitas

Population

364473

Median household income

$10,667$14,907

Median gross rent

$459$462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Placitas
Under 5	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	28.6%	29.4%
25 to 34	27.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	22.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	21.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.3%
75 and over	0.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Placitas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Placitas
No high school diploma	100.0%	80.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Placitas
Drove alone	0.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	100.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Placitas
1-unit, detached	100.0%	14.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	85.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Placitas
Poverty rate	100.0%	100.0%
Average household size	4.45	2.69
Median year structure built	—	2010