Santa Fe County, New Mexico

• Talent advantage: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment exceeds the national average by 10.4 pts, supports knowledge-economy and tech attraction.
• Aging population: Median age of 49 is materially above the U.S. norm; succession planning and senior-services demand are real factors.

• Largest sector: Accommodation and Food Services employs 9,648 workers (23% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $35,180.
• Economic scale: Regional GDP of $10.1B (2024).
• Wage stratification: Finance and Insurance averages $144,112 while Accommodation and Food Services averages $35,180, a 4.1x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.

• Top specialization: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar concentrates at 3.69x the national norm, strong concentration that anchors the local economy and supports supply-chain attraction strategy.
• Cluster depth: 9 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, suggesting an interconnected industrial base rather than reliance on a single employer or sector.
• Attraction whitespace: 8 sub-sectors register LQ < 0.5, candidates for diversification or recruitment depending on labor-market fit.

• Stretched market: Home value to income ratio of 5.6x is well above the ~4.1x national average; attainable workforce housing may be a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 71.5% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Elevated vacancy: 10.2% vacancy rate. In resort, rural, and seasonal markets much of this is recreational/seasonal (second homes), not available supply; confirm the vacancy-by-reason split before treating it as a redevelopment opportunity.
• Affordable rent tiers: 3 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom tiers sit below the 30%-of-median-income affordability threshold (~$1,977/mo).

• Succession risk is real: 26.2% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
• Low participation: 58.7% labor force participation suggests untapped capacity; workforce development programs may unlock supply.
• Talent pipeline: 6 regional institutions feed the workforce; the top three combined produce 16,649 annual credentials.

Santa Fe County shows meaningful potential for museums, historical sites, and similar attraction, with a 3.69x concentration and 264 jobs in this sub-sector. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 26.2% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.

The interconnected base across museums, historical sites, and similar, accommodation, and postal service creates supply-chain attraction leverage rather than single-employer risk, a structural advantage for industrial recruitment.