Taos County Workforce Survey- Report
In late 2025, Taos Housing Partnership, in collaboration with County leadership, conducted a workforce housing survey to better understand how housing conditions are affecting County employees. The goal was not simply to measure affordability in abstract terms, but to understand lived experience. Who is renting? Who owns? Who feels stable? Who feels constrained? And how do those experiences vary across age, tenure, income, and household size?
In total, 144 employees responded, representing a 51% response rate. At this participation level, the results carry approximately 95% statistical confidence, providing a strong foundation for understanding workforce housing conditions.
This brief presents the key findings from that survey. It is intended to inform public discussion, provide a grounded baseline for future employer focused surveys, and help clarify what types of housing pressures are emerging within the County workforce. The central finding is clear. Housing challenges are affecting a committed, long term workforce population. This is not a transient group of individuals. It is a workforce that largely intends to stay, and in many cases retire, in the community.
