Cedar Crest vs Sandia Knolls

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

Cedar Crest 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 746 in Cedar Crest). Cedar Crest has the higher median household income ($143,750 vs $102,801 in Sandia Knolls). Sandia Knolls has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $254,200 in Cedar Crest).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Crest	Sandia Knolls
Population	746	1,436
Median age	58.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$143,750	$102,801
Median home value	$254,200	$286,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,030
Housing units	490	690
Homeownership rate	95.7%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Crest	Sandia Knolls
Population	691 → 746 (+8.0%)	1,475 → 1,436 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$85,484 → $143,750 (+68.2%)	$88,750 → $102,801 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$321,900 → $254,200 (-21.0%)	$209,800 → $286,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,701 → $859 (-49.5%)	$1,507 → $1,030 (-31.7%)

Cedar Crest

Population

691746

Median household income

$85,484$143,750

Median home value

$321,900$254,200

Median gross rent

$1,701$859

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)

	Cedar Crest	Sandia Knolls
Under 5	1.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	5.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	16.7%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	3.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	19.4%
55 to 64	39.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	15.7%
75 and over	15.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Crest	Sandia Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Crest	Sandia Knolls
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Crest	Sandia Knolls
Drove alone	87.9%	80.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	11.6%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Crest	Sandia Knolls
1-unit, detached	89.6%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
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%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Crest	Sandia Knolls
Poverty rate	11.0%	2.5%
Average household size	1.57	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1985	1985