Carnuel vs Sandia Knolls

A side-by-side comparison of Carnuel and Sandia Knolls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandia Knolls has the higher population (1,436 vs 842 in Carnuel). Sandia Knolls has the higher median household income ($102,801 vs $89,432 in Carnuel). Sandia Knolls has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $233,700 in Carnuel).

Population, income & housing

	Carnuel	Sandia Knolls
Population	842	1,436
Median age	56.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,432	$102,801
Median home value	$233,700	$286,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,030
Housing units	414	690
Homeownership rate	93.7%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnuel	Sandia Knolls
Population	1,305 → 842 (-35.5%)	1,475 → 1,436 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$62,604 → $89,432 (+42.9%)	$88,750 → $102,801 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$244,400 → $233,700 (-4.4%)	$209,800 → $286,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,507 → $1,030 (-31.7%)

Carnuel

Population

1,305842

Median household income

$62,604$89,432

Median home value

$244,400$233,700

Sandia Knolls

Population

1,4751,436

Median household income

$88,750$102,801

Median home value

$209,800$286,400

Median gross rent

$1,507$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnuel	Sandia Knolls
Under 5	1.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	1.0%	16.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	5.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	19.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	20.8%	15.7%
75 and over	12.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnuel	Sandia Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	75.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnuel	Sandia Knolls
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnuel	Sandia Knolls
Drove alone	74.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnuel	Sandia Knolls
1-unit, detached	60.4%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Carnuel	Sandia Knolls
Poverty rate	13.7%	2.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1975	1985