Jemez Pueblo vs Placitas

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

Jemez Pueblo and Placitas 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 (4,375 vs 2,273 in Jemez Pueblo). Placitas has the higher median household income ($110,268 vs $59,102 in Jemez Pueblo). Placitas has the higher median home value ($520,200 vs $190,000 in Jemez Pueblo).

Population, income & housing

	Jemez Pueblo	Placitas
Population	2,273	4,375
Median age	31.3 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,102	$110,268
Median home value	$190,000	$520,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,869
Housing units	591	2,349
Homeownership rate	82.9%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jemez Pueblo	Placitas
Population	2,018 → 2,273 (+12.6%)	4,686 → 4,375 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$41,181 → $59,102 (+43.5%)	$80,224 → $110,268 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$124,600 → $190,000 (+52.5%)	$366,700 → $520,200 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $820 (+29.1%)	$1,168 → $1,869 (+60.0%)

Jemez Pueblo

Population

2,0182,273

Median household income

$41,181$59,102

Median home value

$124,600$190,000

Median gross rent

$635$820

Placitas

Population

4,6864,375

Median household income

$80,224$110,268

Median home value

$366,700$520,200

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jemez Pueblo	Placitas
Under 5	7.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	27.7%	3.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	1.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	1.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	29.9%
75 and over	2.8%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jemez Pueblo	Placitas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	99.2%	6.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jemez Pueblo	Placitas
No high school diploma	11.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	43.7%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jemez Pueblo	Placitas
Drove alone	75.8%	62.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.9%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	10.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	32.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jemez Pueblo	Placitas
1-unit, detached	74.5%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Jemez Pueblo	Placitas
Poverty rate	20.9%	2.0%
Average household size	4.26	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1979	1999