Kirtland AFB vs Ponderosa Pine

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

Kirtland AFB 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.

Kirtland AFB has the higher population (3,421 vs 1,091 in Ponderosa Pine). Ponderosa Pine has the higher median household income ($83,864 vs $79,301 in Kirtland AFB). Since 2019, Ponderosa Pine's population has grown faster (-5.9% vs -20.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kirtland AFB	Ponderosa Pine
Population	3,421	1,091
Median age	23.7 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,301	$83,864
Median home value	—	$295,500
Median gross rent	$1,788	—
Housing units	1,276	599
Homeownership rate	2.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirtland AFB	Ponderosa Pine
Population	4,279 → 3,421 (-20.1%)	1,159 → 1,091 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$61,645 → $79,301 (+28.6%)	$72,292 → $83,864 (+16.0%)
Median home value	—	$260,300 → $295,500 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,399 → $1,788 (+27.8%)	—

Kirtland AFB

Population

4,2793,421

Median household income

$61,645$79,301

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,788

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)

	Kirtland AFB	Ponderosa Pine
Under 5	14.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	4.4%
18 to 24	23.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	22.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	2.0%
45 to 54	6.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	1.5%	34.8%
75 and over	0.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirtland AFB	Ponderosa Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	80.3%
Black or African American	12.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirtland AFB	Ponderosa Pine
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	9.3%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirtland AFB	Ponderosa Pine
Drove alone	78.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	15.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirtland AFB	Ponderosa Pine
1-unit, detached	39.6%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	38.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Kirtland AFB	Ponderosa Pine
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	9	32
Median year structure built	2002	1983