Cochiti Lake vs Jemez Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Cochiti Lake and Jemez Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Cochiti Lake 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.

Cochiti Lake has the higher population (453 vs 318 in Jemez Springs). Jemez Springs has the higher median household income ($97,500 vs $54,861 in Cochiti Lake). Jemez Springs has the higher median home value ($285,300 vs $208,100 in Cochiti Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cochiti Lake	Jemez Springs
Population	453	318
Median age	67.0 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,861	$97,500
Median home value	$208,100	$285,300
Median gross rent	$1,482	$1,167
Housing units	322	205
Homeownership rate	91.8%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cochiti Lake	Jemez Springs
Population	487 → 453 (-7.0%)	285 → 318 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$55,568 → $54,861 (-1.3%)	$92,000 → $97,500 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$152,800 → $208,100 (+36.2%)	$311,100 → $285,300 (-8.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,278 → $1,482 (+16.0%)	$1,150 → $1,167 (+1.5%)

Cochiti Lake

Population

487453

Median household income

$55,568$54,861

Median home value

$152,800$208,100

Median gross rent

$1,278$1,482

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)

	Cochiti Lake	Jemez Springs
Under 5	1.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	7.5%	3.5%
18 to 24	2.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	3.8%	1.6%
35 to 44	5.3%	7.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	17.9%
55 to 64	18.1%	33.6%
65 to 74	36.4%	11.0%
75 and over	17.9%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cochiti Lake	Jemez Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	62.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	31.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cochiti Lake	Jemez Springs
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	11.2%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cochiti Lake	Jemez Springs
Drove alone	64.9%	57.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	3.1%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	39.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cochiti Lake	Jemez Springs
1-unit, detached	76.1%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Cochiti Lake	Jemez Springs
Poverty rate	6.6%	18.6%
Average household size	1.61	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1988	1978