Los Ranchos de Albuquerque vs Paradise Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque and Paradise Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque and Paradise Hills are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has the higher population (5,869 vs 4,662 in Paradise Hills). Paradise Hills has the higher median household income ($74,403 vs $70,801 in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque). Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has the higher median home value ($442,100 vs $241,300 in Paradise Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Population	5,869	4,662
Median age	45.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,801	$74,403
Median home value	$442,100	$241,300
Median gross rent	$990	$1,256
Housing units	2,566	1,958
Homeownership rate	78.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Population	6,114 → 5,869 (-4.0%)	4,656 → 4,662 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$64,732 → $70,801 (+9.4%)	$62,070 → $74,403 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$447,700 → $442,100 (-1.3%)	$182,100 → $241,300 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $990 (+30.3%)	$1,121 → $1,256 (+12.0%)

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

Population

6,1145,869

Median household income

$64,732$70,801

Median home value

$447,700$442,100

Median gross rent

$760$990

Paradise Hills

Population

4,6564,662

Median household income

$62,070$74,403

Median home value

$182,100$241,300

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,256

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Under 5	1.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.1%
75 and over	10.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	48.1%	49.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.1%	39.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
No high school diploma	2.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	13.9%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Drove alone	72.4%	68.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.8%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
1-unit, detached	82.5%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Paradise Hills
Poverty rate	12.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1969	1975