Census-designated place · Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Pojoaque, New Mexico

Pojoaque is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, part of the Santa Fe, NM metro area. It has 2,327 residents. Pojoaque, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 53 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,402 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Mexico it ranks #16 of 163 cities and towns. It ranks best on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low), preventable hospital stays (low) and mental health providers (high). It ranks worst on drug overdose deaths (high), broadband subscriptions (low) and primary care shortage (high).

53Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,402 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Mexico: #16 of 163 in NM
Population: 2,327 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 532.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3558630

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety17#12,974/15,637
Economy36#10,002/15,631
Housing100#10/14,977
Health58#6,593/15,609
Healthcare52#7,571/15,650
Environment90#1,606/15,453
Education26#11,592/15,649
Infrastructure24#11,861/15,650
Community44#8,808/15,651
Leisure & amenities79#3,257/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pojoaque, New Mexico ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Santa Fe County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.2 µg/m³
99/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySanta Fe County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,349 /100k
98/100New Mexico 2,042 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSanta Fe County value
Mental health providers · high830 /100k
98/100New Mexico 480 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSanta Fe County value
Rent as share of income · low21.0%
97/100New Mexico 30.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low32.9%
97/100New Mexico 50.2%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high10.7 /10k
96/100New Mexico 4.0 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSanta Fe County value

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high67.3 /100k
1/100New Mexico 46.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSanta Fe County value
Broadband subscriptions · low83.4%
6/100New Mexico 86.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Primary care shortage · high17.4
7/100New Mexico 16.1United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSanta Fe County value
Math scores · low2.61
9/100New Mexico 2.70United States 3.032018University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSanta Fe County value
Drought exposure · high82%
10/100New Mexico 84%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASanta Fe County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high16.5%
13/100New Mexico 13.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,027 (2015-2019) → 2,327 (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
59.7% (2015-2019) → 83.4% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,481 (2015-2019) → $74,028 (2020-2024)
+59%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
21.2% (2015-2019) → 27.8% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioImproving
3.3× (2015-2019) → 2.2× (2020-2024)
−33%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateImproving
16.1% (2015-2019) → 11.3% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Pojoaque, New Mexico improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Broadband+24 points59.7% → 83.4%
Household income+59%$46,481 → $74,028
Poverty−4.8 points16.1% → 11.3%
Bachelor's++6.6 points21.2% → 27.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Pojoaque, New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	22.1 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Improved	77%
Broadband subscriptions	59.7%2015-2019	83.4%2020-2024	+24 points	Improved	94%
Child poverty rate	21.9%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Effective property tax rate	0.22%2015-2019	0.40%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Little change	3%
High school diploma or higher	87.4%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	−1.1×	Within the margin of error	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4232015-2019	0.4332020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$46,4812015-2019	$74,0282020-2024	+59%	Improved	90%
Poverty rate	16.1%2015-2019	11.3%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Improved	79%
Rent as share of income	23.3%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent-burdened households	34.1%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2015-2019	7.0%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.3%2015-2019	16.5%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Pojoaque, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pojoaque, New Mexico in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Pojoaque, New Mexico itself moved +9.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,327 residents (±210)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

970 households (±99)

Pojoaque, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k13%124
$25k–50k20%194
$50k–75k18%174

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

970 households (±99)

Pojoaque, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own70%681
Rent30%289

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.9 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,147 workers (±114)

Pojoaque, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone75%861
Carpool12%136
Public transit0.3%†3

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Santa Fe, NM

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Santa Fe County, the county holding most of Pojoaque's residents.

Santa Fe County has 4,976 employer establishments, 318 for every 10,000 residents (1.28× the US rate of 248; 1.50× New Mexico's), with 48,934 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,618. The Census Bureau also counts 17,772 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,976; 17,772 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 318; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 48,934
Average annual pay: $52,618; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Santa Fe County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	446	28.5	1.37×More than typical	4,090	$75,286	1,621
Restaurants and other eating places	361	23.1	1.26×More than typical	6,989	$30,565	56
Specialty trade contractors	315	20.1	1.30×More than typical	1,717	$50,511	704
Lessors of real estate	271	17.3	1.41×More than typical	709	$64,157	1,580
Construction of buildings	211	13.5	1.78×More than typical	981	$56,491	476
Full-service restaurants	174	11.1	1.45×More than typical	4,158	$33,813	22
Offices of other health practitioners	154	9.8	1.62×More than typical	443	$49,278	998
Management, scientific and technical consulting	141	9	1.34×More than typical	258	$85,236	952
Clothing and accessories stores	139	8.9	2.45×More than typical	1,000	$31,984	170
Limited-service restaurants	133	8.5	1.06×About typical	2,359	$26,348	22
Building equipment contractors	132	8.4	1.40×More than typical	687	$57,061	165
Services to buildings and dwellings	129	8.2	1.22×About typical	1,240	$34,154	754

Rank places for an industry Open Santa Fe County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 156,379 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $57.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Pojoaque, New Mexico: $24.65 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $57.3K; −95% vs FY2025
Per resident: $24.65; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Bureau of Reclamation$57.9K100%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$1,2552.2%

Top recipients

CDM CONSTRUCTORS INC$57.9K100%
LSG EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LLC$5751.0%
OREADY LLC$4310.8%
SYSCO CORP$4220.7%
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$2190.4%
NEW MEXICO GAS COMPANY, INC

Spending by fiscal year

171KFY2017
11.5KFY2018
173.4KFY2019
50KFY2020
940.9KFY2021
12.9KFY2022
13KFY2023
2.5MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Utility system construction · 2371$57.9K100%
Offices of physicians · 6211$4310.8%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$4220.7%
Educational support services · 6117$3640.6%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$2190.4%
Offices of other health practitioners · 6213$212

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Pojoaque, New Mexico, so they do not add up across cities.

Pojoaque, New Mexico's figures are part of those of Santa Fe County, NM ($72.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Pojoaque is mostly in Santa Fe County.

See federal money in Santa Fe County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Pojoaque, New Mexico is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Santa Fe County65100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Santa Fe, NM77

Other cities and towns in Santa Fe County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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