Tijeras is a tiny village located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 460 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tijeras is the 140th largest community in New Mexico.

Tijeras real estate is some of the most expensive in New Mexico, although Tijeras house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Of important note, Tijeras is also a village of artists. Tijeras has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Tijeras’s character.

Also of interest is that Tijeras has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.09% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tijeras has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tijeras a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Tijeras is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tijeras, the average commute to work is 35.75 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small village, Tijeras doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The education level of Tijeras citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.99% of adults 25 and older in Tijeras have a college degree.

The per capita income in Tijeras in 2022 was $39,745, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,980 for a family of four. However, Tijeras contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tijeras is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Tijeras home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Tijeras, accounting for 50.38% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Tijeras residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Tijeras include Irish, English, German, French, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Tijeras is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.