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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Placitas, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Placitas, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Placitas’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Placitas does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because 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. A relatively large number of people in Placitas telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 37.70% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 town 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, Placitas has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Placitas a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Placitas, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.64 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Placitas, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Placitas is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 65.53% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. 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.
