Agua Fria vs Santa Fe

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

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

Santa Fe has the higher population (88,224 vs 2,842 in Agua Fria). Santa Fe has the higher median household income ($70,110 vs $47,438 in Agua Fria). Santa Fe has the higher median home value ($411,500 vs $264,900 in Agua Fria).

Population, income & housing

	Agua Fria	Santa Fe
Population	2,842	88,224
Median age	43.3 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,438	$70,110
Median home value	$264,900	$411,500
Median gross rent	$1,143	$1,380
Housing units	1,427	45,529
Homeownership rate	44.9%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agua Fria	Santa Fe
Population	2,734 → 2,842 (+4.0%)	83,922 → 88,224 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$41,201 → $47,438 (+15.1%)	$57,972 → $70,110 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$206,000 → $264,900 (+28.6%)	$280,800 → $411,500 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,143 (+43.1%)	$1,080 → $1,380 (+27.8%)

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

Santa Fe

Population

83,92288,224

Median household income

$57,972$70,110

Median home value

$280,800$411,500

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agua Fria	Santa Fe
Under 5	5.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	23.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.6%
75 and over	8.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agua Fria	Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	42.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	78.2%	49.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agua Fria	Santa Fe
No high school diploma	16.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agua Fria	Santa Fe
Drove alone	60.7%	69.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.2%	16.2%
Other means	3.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agua Fria	Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	22.8%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	12.5%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Agua Fria	Santa Fe
Poverty rate	24.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1994	1985