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Taos, NM

6,468 Population
6 square miles 1,071.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±8.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 51.9 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$40,667 ±$8,035 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Taos, NM Micro Area: $40,018 ±$3,393
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$46,579 ±$7,803 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Taos, NM Micro Area: $58,908 ±$4,464
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

13.5% ±4.4% (844  ±273) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 14.4% † 4,943 (±2.3% / ±784)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

22.4 minutes ±4.9 (56,265  ±14,592) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 23.6 282,535 (±1.4 / ±27,526)
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

2,826 ±375 Number of households
  • the Taos, NM Micro Area: 14,459 ±443
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.2 ±0.3 (6,207  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 2.4 34,136 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,846 ±384 Number of housing units
  • the Taos, NM Micro Area: 21,091 ±29
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$432,700 ±$36,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Taos, NM Micro Area: $354,000 ±$27,507
  • nearly double the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

13.3% ±4.9% (863  ±314.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 7.9% † 2,734 (±1.9% / ±641.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

87.9% ±8.9% (4,530  ±546.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 93.4% 24,890 (±5.4% / ±1,455)
  • about the same as the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
36.2% ±6.2% (1,866  ±342.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 37.1% 9,881 (±3.6% / ±958.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

12.9% ±9.3% (833  ±600) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 6.2% 2,134
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

5.9% ±2.4% (348  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Taos, NM Micro Area: 7.6% † 2,189 (±1.3% / ±367)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
348 Total veterans ±140 319 Male ±146 29 Female ±17

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