Placitas vs Santo Domingo Pueblo

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

Placitas and Santo Domingo 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 2,162 in Santo Domingo Pueblo). Placitas has the higher median household income ($110,268 vs $85,865 in Santo Domingo Pueblo). Placitas has the higher median home value ($520,200 vs $146,100 in Santo Domingo Pueblo).

Population, income & housing

	Placitas	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Population	4,375	2,162
Median age	63.2 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,268	$85,865
Median home value	$520,200	$146,100
Median gross rent	$1,869	—
Housing units	2,349	452
Homeownership rate	91.6%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Placitas	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Population	4,686 → 4,375 (-6.6%)	2,292 → 2,162 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$80,224 → $110,268 (+37.5%)	$34,167 → $85,865 (+151.3%)
Median home value	$366,700 → $520,200 (+41.9%)	$151,600 → $146,100 (-3.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,168 → $1,869 (+60.0%)	—

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

Santo Domingo Pueblo

Population

2,2922,162

Median household income

$34,167$85,865

Median home value

$151,600$146,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Placitas	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Under 5	2.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	3.3%	22.4%
18 to 24	1.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	1.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	19.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	29.9%	5.4%
75 and over	15.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Placitas	Santo Domingo Pueblo
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	70.1%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Placitas	Santo Domingo Pueblo
No high school diploma	1.5%	17.6%
High school graduate	14.3%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	32.8%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Placitas	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Drove alone	62.3%	73.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.2%
Public transit	1.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.6%	14.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Placitas	Santo Domingo Pueblo
1-unit, detached	96.9%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	29.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Placitas	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Poverty rate	2.0%	17.9%
Average household size	2.01	5.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	45
Median year structure built	1999	1966