Organ vs Placitas

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

Organ 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 151 in Organ). Organ has the higher median household income ($240,903 vs $14,907 in Placitas). Since 2019, Placitas's population has grown faster (+29.9% vs -28.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Organ	Placitas
Population	151	473
Median age	56.4 yrs	19.3 yrs
Median household income	$240,903	$14,907
Median home value	$121,500	—
Median gross rent	—	$462
Housing units	118	188
Homeownership rate	68.9%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Organ	Placitas
Population	210 → 151 (-28.1%)	364 → 473 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$16,813 → $240,903 (+1332.8%)	$10,667 → $14,907 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $121,500 (+14.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$773 → $793 (+2.6%)	$459 → $462 (+0.7%)

Organ

Population

210151

Median household income

$16,813$240,903

Median home value

$105,900$121,500

Median gross rent

$773$793

Placitas

Population

364473

Median household income

$10,667$14,907

Median gross rent

$459$462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Organ	Placitas
Under 5	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	29.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	43.7%	18.6%
55 to 64	46.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.3%
75 and over	0.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Organ	Placitas
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	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	18.5%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Organ	Placitas
No high school diploma	15.9%	80.1%
High school graduate	31.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	11.3%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	41.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Organ	Placitas
Drove alone	22.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	77.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Organ	Placitas
1-unit, detached	55.9%	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	44.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Organ	Placitas
Poverty rate	0.0%	100.0%
Average household size	1.68	2.69
Median year structure built	1995	2010