Cedar Crest vs Ponderosa Pine

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Crest and Ponderosa Pine: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Crest and Ponderosa Pine are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ponderosa Pine has the higher population (1,091 vs 746 in Cedar Crest). Cedar Crest has the higher median household income ($143,750 vs $83,864 in Ponderosa Pine). Ponderosa Pine has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $254,200 in Cedar Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Crest	Ponderosa Pine
Population	746	1,091
Median age	58.4 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$143,750	$83,864
Median home value	$254,200	$295,500
Housing units	490	599
Homeownership rate	95.7%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Crest	Ponderosa Pine
Population	691 → 746 (+8.0%)	1,159 → 1,091 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$85,484 → $143,750 (+68.2%)	$72,292 → $83,864 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$321,900 → $254,200 (-21.0%)	$260,300 → $295,500 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,701 → $859 (-49.5%)	—

Cedar Crest

Population

691746

Median household income

$85,484$143,750

Median home value

$321,900$254,200

Median gross rent

$1,701$859

Ponderosa Pine

Population

1,1591,091

Median household income

$72,292$83,864

Median home value

$260,300$295,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Crest	Ponderosa Pine
Under 5	1.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	5.4%	4.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	3.6%	2.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	39.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	34.8%
75 and over	15.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Crest	Ponderosa Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Crest	Ponderosa Pine
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Crest	Ponderosa Pine
Drove alone	87.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	15.1%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Crest	Ponderosa Pine
1-unit, detached	89.6%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Crest	Ponderosa Pine
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.5%
Average household size	1.57	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1985	1983