Tijeras is a tiny village located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 462 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.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tijeras is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tijeras is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tijeras who work in office and administrative support (16.29%), management occupations (12.22%), and maintenance occupations (9.50%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Tijeras telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.65% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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. In Tijeras, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.00 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. 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 education level of Tijeras citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.35% of adults 25 and older in Tijeras have a college 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.
