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Chimayo, NM

2,390 Population
7.7 square miles 308.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±12.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 48.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,626 ±$10,579 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: $52,207 ±$1,456
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,484 ±$13,776 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: $79,071 ±$2,820
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27% ±12.1% (646  ±337) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 12% † 18,428 (±1.2% / ±1,907)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.2 minutes ±6.3 (30,805  ±16,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 23.8 1,391,055 (±0.5 / ±47,528)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

966 ±272 Number of households
  • the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 70,767 ±567
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±1 (2,390  ±646) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 2.2 153,460 (±0 / ±137)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13% ±17.9% (60  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 4.6% † 1,391 (±0.9% / ±276)
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,220 ±287 Number of housing units
  • the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 78,834 ±134
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$227,500 ±$33,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: $446,300 ±$9,319
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

90% ±37.4% (1,399  ±375.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 91.8% 110,150 (±2% / ±2,403.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9% ±6.2% (140  ±106.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 46.1% 55,283 (±1.3% / ±1,546.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% ±1.7% (27  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 12.1% 18,841
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.9% ±2.4% (36  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 6.8% 8,866 (±0.5% / ±700)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
36 Total veterans ±46 36 Male ±46 N/A Female ±14

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