Jaconita vs Santa Cruz

A side-by-side comparison of Jaconita and Santa Cruz: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jaconita has the higher population (272 vs 225 in Santa Cruz). Jaconita has the higher median household income ($97,500 vs $34,750 in Santa Cruz). Jaconita has the higher median home value ($227,900 vs $209,400 in Santa Cruz).

Population, income & housing

	Jaconita	Santa Cruz
Population	272	225
Median age	59.7 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,500	$34,750
Median home value	$227,900	$209,400
Median gross rent	$950	$550
Housing units	133	116
Homeownership rate	92.3%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jaconita	Santa Cruz
Population	323 → 272 (-15.8%)	249 → 225 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$33,646 → $97,500 (+189.8%)	$14,911 → $34,750 (+133.0%)
Median home value	$255,800 → $227,900 (-10.9%)	$181,300 → $209,400 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $950 (-1.3%)	$481 → $550 (+14.3%)

Jaconita

Population

323272

Median household income

$33,646$97,500

Median home value

$255,800$227,900

Median gross rent

$963$950

Santa Cruz

Population

249225

Median household income

$14,911$34,750

Median home value

$181,300$209,400

Median gross rent

$481$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jaconita	Santa Cruz
Under 5	1.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	5.1%	29.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	17.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	3.6%
55 to 64	26.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	19.5%	4.9%
75 and over	7.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jaconita	Santa Cruz
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	4.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.8%	4.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	57.4%	89.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jaconita	Santa Cruz
No high school diploma	3.4%	25.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jaconita	Santa Cruz
Drove alone	86.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	15.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jaconita	Santa Cruz
1-unit, detached	79.7%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	31.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Jaconita	Santa Cruz
Poverty rate	7.0%	27.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1987	1976