Albuquerque vs Paradise Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Albuquerque and Paradise Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Albuquerque and Paradise Hills are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Albuquerque has the higher population (562,488 vs 4,662 in Paradise Hills). Paradise Hills has the higher median household income ($74,403 vs $65,604 in Albuquerque). Albuquerque has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $241,300 in Paradise Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Population	562,488	4,662
Median age	38.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,604	$74,403
Median home value	$266,700	$241,300
Median gross rent	$1,085	$1,256
Housing units	256,861	1,958
Homeownership rate	61.5%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Population	559,374 → 562,488 (+0.6%)	4,656 → 4,662 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$52,911 → $65,604 (+24.0%)	$62,070 → $74,403 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$198,200 → $266,700 (+34.6%)	$182,100 → $241,300 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,085 (+24.3%)	$1,121 → $1,256 (+12.0%)

Albuquerque

Population

559,374562,488

Median household income

$52,911$65,604

Median home value

$198,200$266,700

Median gross rent

$873$1,085

Paradise Hills

Population

4,6564,662

Median household income

$62,070$74,403

Median home value

$182,100$241,300

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,256

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Under 5	5.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	14.1%
75 and over	6.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	38.0%	49.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	6.6%
Asian	3.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	47.9%	39.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Drove alone	73.2%	68.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.8%	17.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
1-unit, detached	62.0%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	11.8%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Poverty rate	16.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1982	1975