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Placitas, NM

4,375 Population
29.4 square miles 148.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$71,685 ±$9,552 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: $38,300 ±$503
  • more than double the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$110,268 ±$22,466 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: $67,995 ±$1,126
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

2% ±2.1% (87  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 15.1% 137,328 (±0.5% / ±4,591)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

30.1 minutes ±11.6 (38,970  ±9,427) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 24.6 9,127,160 (±0.3 / ±147,560)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

2,181 ±220 Number of households
  • the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 371,906 ±1,437
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2 ±0 (4,375  ±445) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 2.4 906,021 (±0 / ±216)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

8.8% ±5.1% (42  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 5.6% 11,871 (±0.5% / ±989)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

2,349 ±198 Number of housing units
  • the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 398,671 ±176
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$520,200 ±$48,154 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: $263,500 ±$2,729
  • more than double the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

7.9% ±4.8% (343  ±210.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 12.6% 114,963 (±0.5% / ±4,537.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

98.5% ±4% (4,025  ±454.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 90.3% 582,966 (±1% / ±6,310.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
60.2% ±5.4% (2,460  ±341.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 35% 226,026 (±0.6% / ±3,631.8)
  • about double the rate in New Mexico: 30.2% 438,228 (±0.4% / ±5,096.3)

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

4.8% ±1.9% (208  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 9.2% 84,273
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

12.6% ±3.9% (519  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area: 8.7% 62,378 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
519 Total veterans ±169 468 Male ±163 51 Female ±44

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