Bluewater vs Pueblo Pintado

A side-by-side comparison of Bluewater and Pueblo Pintado: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluewater has the higher population (241 vs 229 in Pueblo Pintado). Bluewater has the higher median household income ($121,083 vs $40,972 in Pueblo Pintado). Since 2019, Bluewater's population has grown faster (+6.6% vs -41.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewater	Pueblo Pintado
Population	241	229
Median age	60.8 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$121,083	$40,972
Median home value	$268,100	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,219
Housing units	129	149
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewater	Pueblo Pintado
Population	226 → 241 (+6.6%)	388 → 229 (-41.0%)
Median household income	$135,727 → $121,083 (-10.8%)	$48,125 → $40,972 (-14.9%)
Median home value	$247,400 → $268,100 (+8.4%)	$143,800 → $75,000 (-47.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$720 → $1,219 (+69.3%)

Bluewater

Population

226241

Median household income

$135,727$121,083

Median home value

$247,400$268,100

Pueblo Pintado

Population

388229

Median household income

$48,125$40,972

Median home value

$143,800$75,000

Median gross rent

$720$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewater	Pueblo Pintado
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	24.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	43.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	19.1%	16.2%
75 and over	12.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewater	Pueblo Pintado
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	3.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	87.3%
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	39.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewater	Pueblo Pintado
No high school diploma	19.1%	31.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewater	Pueblo Pintado
Drove alone	40.2%	83.7%
Carpooled	36.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	23.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewater	Pueblo Pintado
1-unit, detached	62.8%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.2%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Bluewater	Pueblo Pintado
Poverty rate	0.0%	27.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1990	1981