Rio Lucio vs Taos Pueblo

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

Rio Lucio 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.

Taos Pueblo has the higher population (1,294 vs 625 in Rio Lucio). Rio Lucio has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $36,979 in Taos Pueblo). Taos Pueblo has the higher median home value ($315,000 vs $184,200 in Rio Lucio).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Lucio	Taos Pueblo
Population	625	1,294
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$36,979
Median home value	$184,200	$315,000
Median gross rent	$1,107	$1,107
Housing units	223	457
Homeownership rate	90.8%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Lucio	Taos Pueblo
Population	424 → 625 (+47.4%)	1,425 → 1,294 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$37,083 → $43,750 (+18.0%)	$31,908 → $36,979 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $184,200 (+70.6%)	$258,700 → $315,000 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,107 (+16.5%)	$1,047 → $1,107 (+5.7%)

Rio Lucio

Population

424625

Median household income

$37,083$43,750

Median home value

$108,000$184,200

Median gross rent

$950$1,107

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)

	Rio Lucio	Taos Pueblo
Under 5	0.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	19.5%	18.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	6.9%	6.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	16.2%
75 and over	12.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Lucio	Taos Pueblo
White (non-Hispanic)	3.7%	6.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	73.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	94.2%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Lucio	Taos Pueblo
No high school diploma	21.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	30.0%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Lucio	Taos Pueblo
Drove alone	76.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.3%
Public transit	4.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.9%	14.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Lucio	Taos Pueblo
1-unit, detached	55.2%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	44.8%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Rio Lucio	Taos Pueblo
Poverty rate	7.2%	48.0%
Average household size	3.38	3.99
Mean commute (minutes)	48	16
Median year structure built	1977	1977