Zuni Pueblo, NM

Census Place

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2024 Population
5,864
US Senator
Martin Heinrich
Democratic Party
US Senator
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
36.9
3.94% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
29.9%
9.23% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$45,724
6.28% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$81,700
3.16% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
1,996
2.3% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Zuni Pueblo, NM reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.8% of the residents in Zuni Pueblo, NM are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Zuni Pueblo, NM was $81,700, and the homeownership rate was 93%.

Most people in Zuni Pueblo, NM drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 26 minutes. The average car ownership in Zuni Pueblo, NM was 1 car per household.

United StatesNew MexicoMcKinley County, NMGallup, NMNorthwest New Mexico Navajo Nation PUMA, NM

Population & Diversity

Zuni Pueblo, NM is home to a population of 5.86k people, from which 99.8% are citizens. As of 2024, 0.239% of Zuni Pueblo, NM residents were born outside of the country (14 people).

In 2024, there were 240 times more American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents (5.76k people) in Zuni Pueblo, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 24 American Indian & Alaska Native (Hispanic) and 23 White (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.8%
2024 Citizenship
99.8%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.8% of Zuni Pueblo, NM residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Zuni Pueblo, NM was 99.8%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Zuni Pueblo, NM
  1. American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
    5.76k ± 674
  2. American Indian & Alaska Native (Hispanic)
    24 ± 20
  3. White (Non-Hispanic)
    23 ± 11
1.16%
Hispanic Population
68 people

In 2024, there were 240 times more American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents (5.76k people) in Zuni Pueblo, NM than any other race or ethnicity. There were 24 American Indian & Alaska Native (Hispanic) and 23 White (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

1.16% of the people in Zuni Pueblo, NM are hispanic (68 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Zuni Pueblo, NM as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New Mexico.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    124,411 ± 8,401 people
  2. Philippines
    6,498 ± 1,976 people
  3. Germany
    4,186 ± 1,587 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New Mexico was Mexico, the natal country of 124,411 New Mexico residents, followed by Philippines with 6,498 and Germany with 4,186.

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Foreign-Born Population

0.239%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
14 people
0.163%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
10 people

As of 2024, 0.239% of Zuni Pueblo, NM residents (14 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Zuni Pueblo, NM was 0.163%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    38 ± 40
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    20 ± 28
  3. Vietnam
    10 ± 30

Zuni Pueblo, NM has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.9 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Zuni Pueblo, NM employs 2k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Zuni Pueblo, NM were Health Care & Social Assistance (491 people), Manufacturing (264 people), and Educational Services (245 people), and the highest paying industries were Construction ($63,429), Public Administration ($59,167), and Manufacturing ($46,955).

Employment

Occupations

2k
2024 Value
± 344
−2.3%
1 Year decline
± 25.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Zuni Pueblo, NM declined at a rate of −2.3%, from 2.04k employees to 2k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Zuni Pueblo, NM, are Production Occupations (270 people), Healthcare Support Occupations (258 people), and Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (206 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Zuni Pueblo, NM.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Mexico.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

2k
2024 Value
± 344
−2.3%
1 Year decline
± 25.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Zuni Pueblo, NM declined at a rate of −2.3%, from 2.04k employees to 2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Zuni Pueblo, NM, are Health Care & Social Assistance (491 people), Manufacturing (264 people), and Educational Services (245 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Zuni Pueblo, NM, though some of these residents may live in Zuni Pueblo, NM and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$26,066
Median earning men ± $7,973
$37,169
Median earning women ± $10,539

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($63,804), Manufacturing ($42,750), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($39,844).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($73,977), Manufacturing ($48,750), and Retail Trade ($40,389).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.72%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 860k people employed in New Mexico. This represents a 2.72% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.8%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Zuni Pueblo, NM was $81,700 in 2024, which is 0.246 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $79,200 to $81,700, a 3.16% increase. The homeownership rate in Zuni Pueblo, NM is 93%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Zuni Pueblo, NM have an average commute time of 26 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Zuni Pueblo, NM is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$81,700
Median Property Value 2024
±$5,473
$1,460
Median Property Taxes
±$173

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Zuni Pueblo, NM the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Zuni Pueblo, NM compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

93%
Homeownership
2024
79.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 93% of the housing units in Zuni Pueblo, NM were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 93.9%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$45,724
Median Household Income
± $12,361
1.57k
Number of Households
± 230

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.57k households in Zuni Pueblo, NM grew to $45,724 from the previous year's value of $43,021.

The following chart displays the households in Zuni Pueblo, NM distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Zuni Pueblo, NM is from New Mexico.
0.462
2023 Wage GINI in New Mexico
0.462
2022 Wage GINI in New Mexico

In 2023, the income inequality in New Mexico was 0.462 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0654% growth from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for New Mexico was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in New Mexico in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (71%)
  2. Worked At Home (19.2%)
  3. Carpooled (4.94%)

In 2024, 71% of workers in Zuni Pueblo, NM drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (19.2%) and those who carpooled to work (4.94%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

26 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Zuni Pueblo, NM have a shorter commute time (26 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.87% of the workforce in Zuni Pueblo, NM have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Zuni Pueblo, NM distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Zuni Pueblo, NM have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

29.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Zuni Pueblo, NM (1.75k out of 5.84k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Zuni Pueblo, NM is Native American, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

71.6% of the population of Zuni Pueblo, NM has health coverage, with 4.61% on employee plans, 58% on Medicaid, 6.7% on Medicare, 1.08% on non-group plans, and 1.18% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New Mexico see 1,344 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,344 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1436 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 215 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.9% were men and 53.1% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 24.5% under 18 years, 23.1% between 18 and 34 years, 37.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 15% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.9% were men and 53.1% were women.

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Uninsured People

28.4%
Uninsured
4.61%
Employer Coverage
58%
Medicaid
6.7%
Medicare
1.08%
Non-Group
1.18%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Zuni Pueblo, NM declined by 9.81% from 31.5% to 28.4%.

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