Placitas vs Rincon

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

Placitas and Rincon 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 260 in Rincon). Rincon has the higher median household income ($55,785 vs $14,907 in Placitas). Since 2019, Placitas's population has grown faster (+29.9% vs -28.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Placitas	Rincon
Population	473	260
Median age	19.3 yrs	60.8 yrs
Median household income	$14,907	$55,785
Median gross rent	$462	—
Housing units	188	97
Homeownership rate	15.3%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	23.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Placitas	Rincon
Population	364 → 473 (+29.9%)	365 → 260 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$10,667 → $14,907 (+39.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$459 → $462 (+0.7%)	—

Placitas

Population

364473

Median household income

$10,667$14,907

Median gross rent

$459$462

Rincon

Population

365260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Placitas	Rincon
Under 5	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	24.2%
18 to 24	29.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	18.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	28.5%
75 and over	12.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Placitas	Rincon
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+

	Placitas	Rincon
No high school diploma	80.1%	39.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Placitas	Rincon
Drove alone	100.0%	67.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	32.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Placitas	Rincon
1-unit, detached	14.4%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	85.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.2%

Poverty & households

	Placitas	Rincon
Poverty rate	100.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.69	3.56
Median year structure built	2010	1963