Taos Ski Valley is a city of 65 people in New Mexico. Owners hold 100% of the housing stock. People stay put here: 20% were in the same home a year ago. 0% of locals were born outside the United States. Density works out to 23 people per square mile. That is roughly 20% ahead of the New Mexico median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,875, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
30% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 31%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Taos Ski Valley
What changed most since 2000
Adults with a bachelor's degree73.7% → 30.4%(−43.2 pts)US over the same years: +11.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants62.5% → 100.0%(+37.5 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Hispanic share16.1% → 0.0%(−16.1 pts)US over the same years: +6.3 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Taos Ski Valley, decade by decade
Taos Ski Valley population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
56
$123,341
$535,202
73.7%
44.4
2010
69
$101,779
–
64.4%
46.4
2020
77
$77,160
$737,283
43.5%
18.2
2024
65
$76,875
$369,200
30.4%
24.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
