Questa vs Taos Pueblo

A side-by-side comparison of Questa and Taos Pueblo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Questa has the higher population (2,112 vs 1,294 in Taos Pueblo). Questa has the higher median household income ($41,071 vs $36,979 in Taos Pueblo). Taos Pueblo has the higher median home value ($315,000 vs $225,300 in Questa).

Population, income & housing

	Questa	Taos Pueblo
Population	2,112	1,294
Median age	52.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,071	$36,979
Median home value	$225,300	$315,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,107
Housing units	1,148	457
Homeownership rate	82.6%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Questa	Taos Pueblo
Population	1,997 → 2,112 (+5.8%)	1,425 → 1,294 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$35,922 → $41,071 (+14.3%)	$31,908 → $36,979 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $225,300 (+83.3%)	$258,700 → $315,000 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $920 (+17.3%)	$1,047 → $1,107 (+5.7%)

Questa

Population

1,9972,112

Median household income

$35,922$41,071

Median home value

$122,900$225,300

Median gross rent

$784$920

Taos Pueblo

Population

1,4251,294

Median household income

$31,908$36,979

Median home value

$258,700$315,000

Median gross rent

$1,047$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Questa	Taos Pueblo
Under 5	3.6%	11.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	18.9%
25 to 34	4.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	6.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	16.2%
75 and over	21.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Questa	Taos Pueblo
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	6.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	73.7%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	81.3%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Questa	Taos Pueblo
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Questa	Taos Pueblo
Drove alone	69.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	14.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Questa	Taos Pueblo
1-unit, detached	64.5%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Questa	Taos Pueblo
Poverty rate	11.0%	48.0%
Average household size	2.36	3.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1978	1977