New Mexico · Census place 3560870

Questa, New Mexico

Questa is a village in Taos County, New Mexico with an estimated 1,801 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 61 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,801; #50 of 61 in New Mexico
Change since 2020: +0.2%; +4 people
Land area: 7.1 sq mi; + 0.51 sq mi water
Density: 254 / sq mi; State median 1,067

Orange pin: Questa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Santa Fe.

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Questa population, 2020 to 2024

Questa added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,799. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Questa covers 7.08 square miles of land and 0.51 of water, for 254 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Questa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Questa is in

All of Questa's residents live in Taos County, which had 34,482 residents in 2024. Questa holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Questa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Questa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 87556. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Questa is

The Census internal point of Questa is at 36.712400, -105.599200. Santa Fe, the capital, is 73.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Taos, NM (6,453 people), 22.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM, 116.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 36.712400, -105.599200
DMS: 36°42'44.64"N 105°35'57.12"W
UTM: 13N 446485.1E 4063136.0N
Geohash: 9wsbv5310
Plus code: 858PPC62+X8

Daylight in Questa

At 36.71° N, Questa gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Questa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Taos, 22.5 miles away, with 6,453 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Questa, NM?

1,801 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.2%) from 1,797 in July 2020.

What county is Questa in?

Taos County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Questa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 87556.

How far is Questa from Santa Fe?

73.7 miles (118.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Questa.

What is the nearest larger city to Questa?

Taos, NM, with 6,453 residents, 22.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.