Agua Fria vs Pojoaque

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

Agua Fria and Pojoaque 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 2,274 in Pojoaque). Pojoaque has the higher median household income ($68,188 vs $47,438 in Agua Fria). Agua Fria has the higher median home value ($264,900 vs $154,300 in Pojoaque).

Population, income & housing

	Agua Fria	Pojoaque
Population	2,842	2,274
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,438	$68,188
Median home value	$264,900	$154,300
Median gross rent	$1,143	$945
Housing units	1,427	1,019
Homeownership rate	44.9%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agua Fria	Pojoaque
Population	2,734 → 2,842 (+4.0%)	2,027 → 2,274 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$41,201 → $47,438 (+15.1%)	$46,481 → $68,188 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$206,000 → $264,900 (+28.6%)	$154,700 → $154,300 (-0.3%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,143 (+43.1%)	$792 → $945 (+19.3%)

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

Pojoaque

Population

2,0272,274

Median household income

$46,481$68,188

Median home value

$154,700$154,300

Median gross rent

$792$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agua Fria	Pojoaque
Under 5	5.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	14.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	23.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.3%
75 and over	8.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agua Fria	Pojoaque
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	13.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	19.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	78.2%	64.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agua Fria	Pojoaque
No high school diploma	16.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agua Fria	Pojoaque
Drove alone	60.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	16.4%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.2%	8.3%
Other means	3.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agua Fria	Pojoaque
1-unit, detached	22.8%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	12.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	41.5%

Poverty & households

	Agua Fria	Pojoaque
Poverty rate	24.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1994	1994