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Total population: 61,805 (Urban population: 60,600, Rural population: 1,205 (all nonfarm))

Santa Fe, New Mexico Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 30,488 (27,519 occupied: 16,012 owner occupied, 11,507 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  42%
State:  30%

Housing density: 817 houses/condos per square mile



Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $282,700 (lower quartile is $195,800, upper quartile is $444,000)


Median contract rent in 2005: $762 (lower quartile is $600, upper quartile is $961)


Housing units in Santa Fe with a mortgage: 8,929 (1,260 second mortgage, 693 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,654







Median year house/condo built: 1974

Median year apartment built: 1981

Household type by relationship

Households: 60,331
  • In family households: 44,978 (10,363 male householders, 4,646 female householders)
    10,516 spouses, 14,892 children (13,951 natural, 431 adopted, 510 stepchildren), 1,305 grandchildren, 675 brothers or sisters, 343 parents, 911 other relatives, 1,327 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 15,353 (5,197 male householders (3,966 living alone)), 7,287 female householders (6,151 living alone)), 2,869 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 1,474 (427 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,031 2-persons, 3,685 3-persons, 2,685 4-persons, 970 5-persons, 425 6-persons, 213 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,117 1-person, 2,080 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 8 6-persons.

7,118 married couples with children.
3,982 single-parent households (1,072 men, 2,910 women).

63.4% of residents of Santa Fe speak English at home.
32.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 7,156 (11.6%)
(24.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  5.8
State:  5.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.7
State:  4.0



Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Santa Fe, New Mexico:

  • 1 room: 34
  • 2 rooms: 289
  • 3 rooms: 960
  • 4 rooms: 1,712
  • 5 rooms: 3,762
  • 6 rooms: 4,258
  • 7 rooms: 2,594
  • 8 rooms: 1,311
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,092


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Santa Fe, New Mexico:

  • 1 room: 645
  • 2 rooms: 1,594
  • 3 rooms: 2,872
  • 4 rooms: 2,935
  • 5 rooms: 2,017
  • 6 rooms: 848
  • 7 rooms: 349
  • 8 rooms: 144
  • 9 or more rooms: 103


Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 536
  • 1995 to 1998: 2,685
  • 1990 to 1994: 2,642
  • 1980 to 1989: 6,583
  • 1970 to 1979: 5,742
  • 1960 to 1969: 3,950
  • 1950 to 1959: 3,278
  • 1940 to 1949: 2,102
  • 1939 or earlier: 2,970


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Santa Fe:

  • no bedroom: 157
  • 1 bedroom: 844
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,381
  • 3 bedrooms: 8,196
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,159
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 275


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Santa Fe:

  • no bedroom: 846
  • 1 bedroom: 4,054
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,375
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,900
  • 4 bedrooms: 319
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 13


Cars and other vehicles available in Santa Fe in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 753
  • 1 vehicle: 5,164
  • 2 vehicles: 6,553
  • 3 vehicles: 2,532
  • 4 vehicles: 747
  • 5 or more vehicles: 263


Cars and other vehicles available in Santa Fe in n renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 1,245
  • 1 vehicle: 6,461
  • 2 vehicles: 3,105
  • 3 vehicles: 549
  • 4 vehicles: 94
  • 5 or more vehicles: 53

Santa Fe, NM house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Santa Fe, NM:

  • Less than $10,000: 9
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 6
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 6
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 0
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 7
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 6
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 0
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 38
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 49
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 41
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 72
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 202
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 318
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 1082
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 2490
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 2036
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 1377
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 1603
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 1205
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 1341
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 583
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 687
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 243
  • $1,000,000 or more: 182
 


Santa Fe rent paid by renters graph

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Santa Fe:

  • Less than $100: 172
  • $100 to $149: 399
  • $150 to $199: 199
  • $200 to $249: 170
  • $250 to $299: 77
  • $300 to $349: 197
  • $350 to $399: 319
  • $400 to $449: 745
  • $450 to $499: 511
  • $500 to $549: 968
  • $550 to $599: 739
  • $600 to $649: 1132
  • $650 to $699: 896
  • $700 to $749: 860
  • $750 to $799: 747
  • $800 to $899: 1111
  • $900 to $999: 614
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 585
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 184
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 275
  • $2,000 or more: 82
  • No cash rent: 472
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population

  • 1995 to March 2000: 2,757
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,375
  • 1985 to 1989: 891
  • 1980 to 1984: 646
  • 1975 to 1979: 370
  • 1970 to 1974: 289
  • 1970 to 1974: 129
  • 1965 to 1969: 699

Santa Fe, NM Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.5%
Number of people working at home: 2,331 (7.3% of all workers)


Santa Fe travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 1385
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 5728
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 7834
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 5932
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 3257
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 604
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 1750
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 246
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 540
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 1244
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 754
  • 90 or more minutes: 288
 


Santa Fe mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 23,099 (72%)
  • Carpooled: 4,227 (13%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 338 (1%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 68 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 9 (0%)
  • Railroad: 6 (0%)
  • Taxi: 52 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 25 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 254 (1%)
  • Walked: 1,312 (4%)
  • Other means: 172 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 2,331 (7%)
 


Santa Fe, NM household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 2606
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 1615
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 1696
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 1976
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 1840
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 1953
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 1915
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 1552
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 1148
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 2365
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 2758
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 2839
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 1221
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 566
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 708
  • $200,000 or more: 735
 


First ancestries reported:

  • Other groups: 27754
  • English: 4271
  • German: 4121
  • Irish: 3138
  • United States or American: 2446
  • Italian: 1322
  • Scotch-Irish: 1060
  • Scottish: 946
  • French (except Basque): 843
  • Russian: 730
  • Norwegian: 668
  • Polish: 645
  • European: 582
  • British: 479
  • Dutch: 475
  • Swedish: 440
  • Welsh: 391
  • Greek: 205
  • Arab:: 203
  • Northern European: 184
  • Danish: 176
  • Austrian: 170
  • Hungarian: 161
  • Swiss: 159
  • Lithuanian: 155
  • Canadian: 155
  • Czech: 146
  • French Canadian: 146
  • Lebanese: 124
  • Ukrainian: 122
  • Portuguese: 122
  • Eastern European: 102
  • Finnish: 91
  • Subsaharan African:: 68
  • Armenian: 66
  • Celtic: 63
  • Iranian: 62
  • African: 61
  • Romanian: 57
  • Czechoslovakian: 55
  • Belgian: 51
  • West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 48
  • Scandinavian: 47
  • Arab/Arabic: 33
  • Croatian: 33
  • Israeli: 33
  • Latvian: 32
  • Slovak: 28
  • Other Arab: 28
  • Basque: 25
  • Afghan: 24
  • Bulgarian: 20
  • Jamaican: 18
  • Pennsylvania German: 18
  • Estonian: 14
  • Australian: 13
  • Serbian: 11
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 8
  • New Zealander: 8
  • Cape Verdean: 7
  • Icelander: 7
  • Guyanese: 7
  • Acadian/Cajun: 7
  • Iraqi: 6
  • Belizean: 6
  • Palestinian: 6
  • Syrian: 6
  • U.S. Virgin Islander: 6
  • Yugoslavian: 5
  • Soviet Union: 5
  • Bahamian: 5
  • British West Indian: 5


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:



  • Mexico (61%)
  • Germany (4%)
  • United Kingdom (3%)
  • Canada (3%)
  • Guatemala (3%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
  • India (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 27708
  • Northeast: 6003
  • Midwest: 6841
  • South: 6214
  • West: 7150

50% of Santa Fe residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in New Mexico.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 340
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 163
  • 5th and 6th grade: 609
  • 7th and 8th grade: 591
  • 9th grade: 380
  • 10th grade: 399
  • 11th grade: 393
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 507
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,340
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,014
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,354
  • Associate degree: 893
  • Bachelor's degree: 4,536
  • Master's degree: 1,999
  • Professional school degree: 1,071
  • Doctorate degree: 894


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 267
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 69
  • 5th and 6th grade: 496
  • 7th and 8th grade: 522
  • 9th grade: 557
  • 10th grade: 325
  • 11th grade: 518
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 633
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,216
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,574
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,797
  • Associate degree: 1,430
  • Bachelor's degree: 4,977
  • Master's degree: 3,001
  • Professional school degree: 737
  • Doctorate degree: 395


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.2%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 6.3%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 11.7%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 7.7%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.3%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 3.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.8%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.7%


Median household income in 1999 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $46,382
  • Black householders: $35,455
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $17,829
  • Asian householders: $41,458
  • Some other race householders: $33,022
  • Two or more races householders: $28,156
  • Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $34,677

Santa Fe household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Santa Fe household income for Black or African American householders

Santa Fe household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Santa Fe household income for Asian householders

Santa Fe household income for some other race householders

Santa Fe household income for two or more races householders

Santa Fe household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Santa Fe marital status for males

Santa Fe marital status for females


Median house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $221,400
  • Black or African American householders: $158,900
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $135,700
  • Asian householders: $141,700
  • Some other race householders: $159,100
  • Two or more races householders: $162,800
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $160,400

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 17,846
  • One, attached: 3,391
  • Two: 1,038
  • 3 or 4: 1,585
  • 5 to 9: 1,358
  • 10 to 19: 1,657
  • 20 to 49: 943
  • 50 or more: 1,482
  • Mobile homes: 1,155
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 33

Median worth of mobile homes: $28,600


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Santa Fe:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:


  • Utility gas (91%)
  • Electricity (5%)
  • Wood (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:


  • Utility gas (73%)
  • Electricity (24%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 766
Here:  13.4%
New Mexico:  8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 490
Here:  17.4%
New Mexico:  7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,316
Here:  37.4%
New Mexico:  11.9%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students



Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

 

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