Tijeras is a tiny village located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 463 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tijeras is the 140th largest community in New Mexico.

Tijeras real estate is some of the most expensive in New Mexico, although Tijeras house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Tijeras has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.65% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The overall crime rate in Tijeras is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Tijeras has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Tijeras has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tijeras than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tijeras may be for you.

One downside of living in Tijeras, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.00 minutes every day commuting to work.

Tijeras is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of adults in Tijeras who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.35% of the adults in Tijeras have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tijeras in 2022 was $30,842, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,368 for a family of four. However, Tijeras contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tijeras is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Tijeras home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Tijeras, accounting for 59.74% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Tijeras residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Tijeras include English, German, Irish, Swedish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Tijeras is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.