Thoreau vs Zuni Pueblo

A side-by-side comparison of Thoreau and Zuni Pueblo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Zuni Pueblo has the higher population (6,132 vs 1,795 in Thoreau). Thoreau has the higher median household income ($43,953 vs $43,021 in Zuni Pueblo). Zuni Pueblo has the higher median home value ($79,200 vs $52,900 in Thoreau).

Population, income & housing

	Thoreau	Zuni Pueblo
Population	1,795	6,132
Median age	37.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,953	$43,021
Median home value	$52,900	$79,200
Median gross rent	$640	$565
Housing units	739	1,763
Homeownership rate	90.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thoreau	Zuni Pueblo
Population	1,641 → 1,795 (+9.4%)	7,001 → 6,132 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$19,792 → $43,953 (+122.1%)	$39,881 → $43,021 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$57,700 → $52,900 (-8.3%)	$73,800 → $79,200 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $640 (-5.0%)	$463 → $565 (+22.0%)

Thoreau

Population

1,6411,795

Median household income

$19,792$43,953

Median home value

$57,700$52,900

Median gross rent

$674$640

Zuni Pueblo

Population

7,0016,132

Median household income

$39,881$43,021

Median home value

$73,800$79,200

Median gross rent

$463$565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thoreau	Zuni Pueblo
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	13.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.1%
75 and over	7.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thoreau	Zuni Pueblo
White (non-Hispanic)	8.7%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	79.0%	98.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thoreau	Zuni Pueblo
No high school diploma	18.3%	23.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thoreau	Zuni Pueblo
Drove alone	83.7%	66.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thoreau	Zuni Pueblo
1-unit, detached	61.7%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Thoreau	Zuni Pueblo
Poverty rate	27.5%	32.9%
Average household size	2.90	4.01
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1993	1978