A town of 6,458, settled in 1795. Home to 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Taos does most differently from other towns.
c. 1871 · South Town at6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 15 places on the National Register.
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Dick Wootton, Ceran St. Vrain, José Maria Valdez 1865 - cropped
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Ordered by what stands out in Taos. Another town gets a different order.
4.3 miles of trails across 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Red Willow Park | 1 mi | 20 |
| 2. Taos Eco Park | 0.1 mi | 24 |
| 3. Filemon Sanchez Fairground Park | — | 10 |
50% of Taos’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Albuquerque (10%), Taos Ski Valley (5%) and Santa Fe (4%). Half commute less than 2 miles.
Taos reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 98% report less.
Taos beats the New Mexico average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| What stands out | Taos | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.1% | 16.5% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 9.3% | 11% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.4% |
The public schools Taos’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enos Garcia Elementary | PK–5 | 348 | D− |
| Taos Municipal Charter | K–8 | 216 | D− |
| Taos Integrated School of Arts | K–8 | 215 | B+ |
| Taos International School | K–8 | 179 | Not graded |
| Taos Middle | 6–8 | 337 | D− |
| Taos High | 9–12 | 749 | B+ |
The typical Taos home is worth about $437,000, down 0.9% in a year, 37% above the New Mexico typical home.
Taos has cold winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 11°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 39% of U.S. communities.
5,716 people in 2010; 6,458 today.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS
15 places in Taos on the National Register of Historic Places.
21 notable people were born in Taos.
City in New Mexico, United States
Taos () is a town in Taos County, in the north-central region of New Mexico. Situated between the Rio Grande Gorge and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it is located roughly 50 miles (80 km) south of the Colorado border. Taos serves as the county seat of Taos County, of which it is the largest municipality, with an estimated population of 6,567 as of 2021. The town of Taos was incorporated in 1934, although humans have lived in the adjacent Taos Pueblo—a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the town's namesake—for roughly a millennium; the town's name derives from the native Taos language meaning "(place of) red willows". Initially founded by Spanish colonists in 1615 as Don Fernando de Taos, it w…
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2 towns share a border with Taos.
