Tesuque vs Thunder Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Tesuque and Thunder Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thunder Mountain has the higher population (1,456 vs 1,087 in Tesuque). Tesuque has the higher median household income ($52,273 vs $44,757 in Thunder Mountain). Tesuque has the higher median home value ($877,600 vs $339,500 in Thunder Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Tesuque	Thunder Mountain
Population	1,087	1,456
Median age	67.7 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,273	$44,757
Median home value	$877,600	$339,500
Median gross rent	$1,095	—
Housing units	847	694
Homeownership rate	69.4%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.3%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tesuque	Thunder Mountain
Population	1,008 → 1,087 (+7.8%)	1,652 → 1,456 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$67,583 → $52,273 (-22.7%)	$50,380 → $44,757 (-11.2%)
Median home value	$684,800 → $877,600 (+28.2%)	$271,300 → $339,500 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,095 (-4.2%)	—

Tesuque

Population

1,0081,087

Median household income

$67,583$52,273

Median home value

$684,800$877,600

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,095

Thunder Mountain

Population

1,6521,456

Median household income

$50,380$44,757

Median home value

$271,300$339,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tesuque	Thunder Mountain
Under 5	0.8%	0.8%
5 to 17	3.4%	8.2%
18 to 24	0.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	3.4%	3.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	30.7%
65 to 74	34.5%	22.7%
75 and over	23.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tesuque	Thunder Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	75.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	9.5%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tesuque	Thunder Mountain
No high school diploma	1.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	6.8%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	37.1%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tesuque	Thunder Mountain
Drove alone	66.8%	64.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	23.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tesuque	Thunder Mountain
1-unit, detached	81.1%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Tesuque	Thunder Mountain
Poverty rate	18.1%	4.4%
Average household size	1.60	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	39
Median year structure built	1976	1993