Pojoaque vs Santa Fe

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

Pojoaque 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 2,274 in Pojoaque). Santa Fe has the higher median household income ($70,110 vs $68,188 in Pojoaque). Santa Fe has the higher median home value ($411,500 vs $154,300 in Pojoaque).

Population, income & housing

	Pojoaque	Santa Fe
Population	2,274	88,224
Median age	38.4 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,188	$70,110
Median home value	$154,300	$411,500
Median gross rent	$945	$1,380
Housing units	1,019	45,529
Homeownership rate	68.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pojoaque	Santa Fe
Population	2,027 → 2,274 (+12.2%)	83,922 → 88,224 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$46,481 → $68,188 (+46.7%)	$57,972 → $70,110 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $154,300 (-0.3%)	$280,800 → $411,500 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $945 (+19.3%)	$1,080 → $1,380 (+27.8%)

Pojoaque

Population

2,0272,274

Median household income

$46,481$68,188

Median home value

$154,700$154,300

Median gross rent

$792$945

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)

	Pojoaque	Santa Fe
Under 5	5.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	14.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	15.6%
75 and over	6.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pojoaque	Santa Fe
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	42.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.4%	1.6%
Asian	1.2%	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	64.6%	49.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pojoaque	Santa Fe
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pojoaque	Santa Fe
Drove alone	77.3%	69.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	3.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.3%	16.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pojoaque	Santa Fe
1-unit, detached	43.2%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	41.5%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Pojoaque	Santa Fe
Poverty rate	12.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1994	1985