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Peñasco, NM

546 Population
1.2 square miles 448.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 52.6 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,137 ±$5,600 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Taos, NM Micro Area: $42,871 ±$3,889
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,833 ±$14,581 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Taos, NM Micro Area: $58,950 † ±$7,027
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.9% ±3.6% (103  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 15.5% † 5,304 (±2.5% / ±853)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.3 minutes ±19 (6,985  ±2,162) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 25.5 305,960 (±2.2 / ±35,547)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

236 ±32 Number of households
  • the Taos, NM Micro Area: 15,549 ±481
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (546  ±120) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 2.2 34,188 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±4.7% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 1.4% † 86 (±1.4% / ±86)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

326 ±32 Number of housing units
  • the Taos, NM Micro Area: 21,250 ±29
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$229,300 ±$19,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Taos, NM Micro Area: $382,800 ±$37,776
  • 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

92.1% ±7.1% (387  ±88.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 92.2% 25,082 (±5.4% / ±1,483.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±6.4% (69  ±30.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 38.5% 10,482 (±3.7% / ±1,000.1)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about half 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

0.4% ±0.9% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 5.7% 1,958
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.4% ±4.6% (47  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 7.3% † 2,136 (±1.3% / ±389)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
47 Total veterans ±23 46 Male ±22 1 Female ±3

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