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Taos is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 6,427 people and three associated neighborhoods, Taos is the 33rd largest community in New Mexico.

Taos home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Mexico, but Taos real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, Taos is also a town of artists. Taos has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Taos’s character.

Also of interest is that Taos 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: 12.51% 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 citizens of Taos are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.23% of adults in Taos have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Taos in 2022 was $40,667, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,668 for a family of four. However, Taos contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Taos is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Taos home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Taos residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Taos also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 43.34% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Taos include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

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