CaÃ±on vs Jemez Springs

A side-by-side comparison of CaÃ±on and Jemez Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

CaÃ±on and Jemez Springs are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

CaÃ±on has the higher population (424 vs 318 in Jemez Springs). Jemez Springs has the higher median household income ($97,500 vs $97,007 in CaÃ±on). CaÃ±on has the higher median home value ($670,500 vs $285,300 in Jemez Springs).

Population, income & housing

	CaÃ±on	Jemez Springs
Population	424	318
Median age	12.9 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,007	$97,500
Median home value	$670,500	$285,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,167
Housing units	105	205
Homeownership rate	28.6%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	CaÃ±on	Jemez Springs
Population	198 → 424 (+114.1%)	285 → 318 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$110,129 → $97,007 (-11.9%)	$92,000 → $97,500 (+6.0%)
Median home value	—	$311,100 → $285,300 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,150 → $1,167 (+1.5%)

CaÃ±on

Population

198424

Median household income

$110,129$97,007

Jemez Springs

Population

285318

Median household income

$92,000$97,500

Median home value

$311,100$285,300

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	CaÃ±on	Jemez Springs
Under 5	16.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	34.9%	3.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	1.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	17.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	33.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.0%
75 and over	2.4%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	CaÃ±on	Jemez Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	62.9%
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	56.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	34.2%	31.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	CaÃ±on	Jemez Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	22.0%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	CaÃ±on	Jemez Springs
Drove alone	94.2%	57.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	39.6%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	CaÃ±on	Jemez Springs
1-unit, detached	64.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	35.2%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	CaÃ±on	Jemez Springs
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.6%
Average household size	4.04	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1978	1978