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Nambe, New Mexico.

A community in Santa Fe County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Santa Fe County’s.

Living in Nambe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Nambe, in Santa Fe County, had 1,907 people in the 2020 census. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in Santa Fe County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.

People 1,907 in the 2020 census; median age 56.4
Household income Too few homes in Nambe for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.2% Santa Fe County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes 86% lived in by their owners; 14% rented
  • 1,000households
  • 31%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 29 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services22%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care18%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment12%
  • Government11%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Santa Fe County had 61,880 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 47° and 16°; warmest in July, 91° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 91° 57° A S O N D 47° 16°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 47° and 16°; warmest in July, 91° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 91° 57° A S O N D 47° 16°

Coldest in December, with highs near 47° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 57°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Espanola weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Santa Fe County

  1. St. Vincent HospitalGeneral hospital2,002FTE
  2. Santa FE SchoolsSchool district1,181FTE
  3. City of Santa FePublic property management services, government1,146
  4. Santa Fe Community CollegeTwo-year college661
  5. Santa FE Medical CenterGeneral hospital387FTE
  6. Meow WolfAmusement parks366
  7. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters299
  8. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters284

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 71 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,931 people in all across the county; Nambe has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireRelatively moderate
  2. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Nambe’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Santa Fe County.