Los Ranchos de Albuquerque vs Sandia Knolls

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

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque 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.

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has the higher population (5,869 vs 1,436 in Sandia Knolls). Sandia Knolls has the higher median household income ($102,801 vs $70,801 in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque). Los Ranchos de Albuquerque has the higher median home value ($442,100 vs $286,400 in Sandia Knolls).

Population, income & housing

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Sandia Knolls
Population	5,869	1,436
Median age	45.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,801	$102,801
Median home value	$442,100	$286,400
Median gross rent	$990	$1,030
Housing units	2,566	690
Homeownership rate	78.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Sandia Knolls
Population	6,114 → 5,869 (-4.0%)	1,475 → 1,436 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$64,732 → $70,801 (+9.4%)	$88,750 → $102,801 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$447,700 → $442,100 (-1.3%)	$209,800 → $286,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $990 (+30.3%)	$1,507 → $1,030 (-31.7%)

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

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)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Sandia Knolls
Under 5	1.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	16.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	7.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	19.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.7%
75 and over	10.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Sandia Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	48.1%	75.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	42.1%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Sandia Knolls
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	13.9%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Sandia Knolls
Drove alone	72.4%	80.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Sandia Knolls
1-unit, detached	82.5%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	Sandia Knolls
Poverty rate	12.0%	2.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1969	1985