Placitas vs San Felipe Pueblo

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

Placitas and San Felipe Pueblo 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 1,420 in San Felipe Pueblo). Placitas has the higher median household income ($110,268 vs $55,385 in San Felipe Pueblo). Placitas has the higher median home value ($520,200 vs $255,400 in San Felipe Pueblo).

Population, income & housing

	Placitas	San Felipe Pueblo
Population	4,375	1,420
Median age	63.2 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$110,268	$55,385
Median home value	$520,200	$255,400
Median gross rent	$1,869	—
Housing units	2,349	277
Homeownership rate	91.6%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	26.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Placitas	San Felipe Pueblo
Population	4,686 → 4,375 (-6.6%)	2,217 → 1,420 (-35.9%)
Median household income	$80,224 → $110,268 (+37.5%)	$38,393 → $55,385 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$366,700 → $520,200 (+41.9%)	$147,900 → $255,400 (+72.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,168 → $1,869 (+60.0%)	$625 → $675 (+8.0%)

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

San Felipe Pueblo

Population

2,2171,420

Median household income

$38,393$55,385

Median home value

$147,900$255,400

Median gross rent

$625$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Placitas	San Felipe Pueblo
Under 5	2.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	3.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	1.1%	16.2%
25 to 34	1.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	29.9%	5.6%
75 and over	15.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Placitas	San Felipe Pueblo
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	99.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Placitas	San Felipe Pueblo
No high school diploma	1.5%	25.4%
High school graduate	14.3%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	32.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Placitas	San Felipe Pueblo
Drove alone	62.3%	67.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.6%	19.1%
Other means	0.4%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Placitas	San Felipe Pueblo
1-unit, detached	96.9%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Placitas	San Felipe Pueblo
Poverty rate	2.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.01	5.87
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1999	1978