Isleta vs Sandia Knolls

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

Isleta 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 909 in Isleta). Sandia Knolls has the higher median household income ($102,801 vs $37,224 in Isleta). Sandia Knolls has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $159,900 in Isleta).

Population, income & housing

	Isleta	Sandia Knolls
Population	909	1,436
Median age	47.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,224	$102,801
Median home value	$159,900	$286,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,030
Housing units	439	690
Homeownership rate	91.4%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Isleta	Sandia Knolls
Population	688 → 909 (+32.1%)	1,475 → 1,436 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$22,097 → $37,224 (+68.5%)	$88,750 → $102,801 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$58,300 → $159,900 (+174.3%)	$209,800 → $286,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,507 → $1,030 (-31.7%)

Isleta

Population

688909

Median household income

$22,097$37,224

Median home value

$58,300$159,900

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)

	Isleta	Sandia Knolls
Under 5	8.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	2.6%	16.7%
25 to 34	16.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	20.6%	19.4%
55 to 64	5.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.7%
75 and over	11.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Isleta	Sandia Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	81.8%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Isleta	Sandia Knolls
No high school diploma	26.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Isleta	Sandia Knolls
Drove alone	80.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.5%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Isleta	Sandia Knolls
1-unit, detached	87.2%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Isleta	Sandia Knolls
Poverty rate	15.2%	2.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1981	1985