Placitas is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 5,041 people and two associated neighborhoods, Placitas is the 44th largest community in New Mexico. Much of the housing stock in Placitas was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Placitas economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Placitas, where the median household income is $109,750.00. Placitas home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Mexico, but Placitas real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Placitas is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 97.61% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Placitas is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Placitas who work in teaching (14.21%), management occupations (11.40%), and healthcare (11.14%). Also of interest is that Placitas has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Placitas is also a town of artists. Placitas has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Placitas’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 37.70% 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Placitas has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Placitas has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Placitas than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Placitas may be for you. One downside of living in Placitas, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.64 minutes every day commuting to work. If knowledge is power, Placitas is a pretty powerful place. 65.53% of the adults in Placitas have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Placitas in 2022 was $71,431, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $285,724 for a family of four. However, Placitas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Placitas is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Placitas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Placitas residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Placitas also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.28% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Placitas include English, German, Irish, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Placitas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
