† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003. Election totals and ACS CVAP use different vintages; the resulting turnout can exceed 100%.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupPlacitasNew MexicoUnited States
German20.2%8.7%12.5%
English18.1%8.5%9.5%
Irish15.2%6.9%9.4%
Italian7.4%2.4%4.8%
American5.4%3.9%5.3%
Scottish4.2%1.7%1.3%
French3.8%1.4%1.6%
Polish2.9%0.8%2.2%
Mexican7.4%32.4%11.3%
Spanish2.1%4.2%—
Spaniard1.4%3.6%—
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Dominican0.3%0.2%0.7%
Navajo3.5%5.8%—
Aztec0.3%——
Filipino0.7%0.4%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Placitas
New Mexico
United States
Median age
64.8
39.7
39.1
Age 18–24
0.7%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
49.6%
19.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Placitas
New Mexico
United States
Median household income
$109,750
$64,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
3.2%
17.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
65.5%
30.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Placitas
New Mexico
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.8%
31.4%
22.3%
Spanish
8.6%
24.5%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
0.3%
0.5%
Other languages
1.2%
4.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Placitas
New Mexico
United States
Catholic
—
29.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Placitas, New Mexico
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+2.2%
2008
+17.6%
2012
+11.6%
2016
+18.2%
2020
+27.6%
2024
+34.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
66.2%Harris2,781
31.8%Trump1,337
2.0%
D+34.4
D+6.8
D+35.8
4,201
D
62.9%Biden2,588
35.4%Trump1,454
1.7%
D+27.6
D+9.3
D+23.1
4,113
D
53.9%Clinton1,972
35.7%Trump1,305
10.4%
D+18.2
D+6.6
D+16.1
3,658
D
53.5%Obama1,857
41.9%Romney1,454
4.5%
D+11.6
R+5.9
D+7.8
3,468
D
58.6%Obama2,046
41.1%McCain1,433
0.3%
D+17.6
D+15.3
D+10.3
3,490
D
50.9%Kerry1,345
48.7%Bush1,286
0.4%
D+2.2
—
D+4.7
2,642
Placitas sits in the high desert northeast of Albuquerque, drawing professional and academic residents whose above-average education attainment tends to compress partisan margins relative to surrounding Sandoval County precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.4 points.
A population of 4,223, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,750 describe the city.
In 2024, Placitas, New Mexico voted Democratic by 34.4 points (D+34.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,201 votes cast, 2,781 went Democratic and 1,337 went Republican.
How many people live in Placitas, New Mexico?
Placitas, New Mexico has a population of 4,223 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Placitas, New Mexico?
Median household income in Placitas, New Mexico is $109,750 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Placitas, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Placitas, New Mexico from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
