Agua Fria vs Nambe

A side-by-side comparison of Agua Fria and Nambe: population, income, housing, and more.

Agua Fria and Nambe are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Agua Fria has the higher population (2,842 vs 2,045 in Nambe). Agua Fria has the higher median household income ($47,438 vs $45,341 in Nambe). Agua Fria has the higher median home value ($264,900 vs $259,700 in Nambe).

Population, income & housing

	Agua Fria	Nambe
Population	2,842	2,045
Median age	43.3 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,438	$45,341
Median home value	$264,900	$259,700
Median gross rent	$1,143	$1,135
Housing units	1,427	1,067
Homeownership rate	44.9%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agua Fria	Nambe
Population	2,734 → 2,842 (+4.0%)	1,820 → 2,045 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$41,201 → $47,438 (+15.1%)	$48,681 → $45,341 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$206,000 → $264,900 (+28.6%)	$256,500 → $259,700 (+1.2%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,143 (+43.1%)	$896 → $1,135 (+26.7%)

Agua Fria

Population

2,7342,842

Median household income

$41,201$47,438

Median home value

$206,000$264,900

Median gross rent

$799$1,143

Nambe

Population

1,8202,045

Median household income

$48,681$45,341

Median home value

$256,500$259,700

Median gross rent

$896$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agua Fria	Nambe
Under 5	5.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	9.1%
18 to 24	2.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	7.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	23.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	18.0%
75 and over	8.3%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agua Fria	Nambe
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	16.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	13.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	78.2%	66.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agua Fria	Nambe
No high school diploma	16.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agua Fria	Nambe
Drove alone	60.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	16.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.2%	14.9%
Other means	3.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agua Fria	Nambe
1-unit, detached	22.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Agua Fria	Nambe
Poverty rate	24.5%	17.7%
Average household size	2.09	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1994	1982