Pajarito Mesa vs Sandia Park

A side-by-side comparison of Pajarito Mesa and Sandia Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Pajarito Mesa and Sandia Park are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sandia Park has the higher population (383 vs 129 in Pajarito Mesa). Since 2019, Sandia Park's population has grown faster (+62.3% vs -51.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Pajarito Mesa	Sandia Park
Population	129	383
Median age	18.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$134,118
Median home value	—	$390,000
Housing units	57	162
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pajarito Mesa	Sandia Park
Population	266 → 129 (-51.5%)	236 → 383 (+62.3%)
Median household income	$8,860 → $11,036 (+24.6%)	$111,458 → $134,118 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$44,200 → $55,900 (+26.5%)	$355,400 → $390,000 (+9.7%)

Pajarito Mesa

Population

266129

Median household income

$8,860$11,036

Median home value

$44,200$55,900

Sandia Park

Population

236383

Median household income

$111,458$134,118

Median home value

$355,400$390,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pajarito Mesa	Sandia Park
Under 5	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	42.6%	24.5%
18 to 24	14.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.3%	18.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	26.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.8%
75 and over	0.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pajarito Mesa	Sandia Park
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pajarito Mesa	Sandia Park
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	61.8%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	26.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pajarito Mesa	Sandia Park
Drove alone	100.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pajarito Mesa	Sandia Park
1-unit, detached	66.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	33.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pajarito Mesa	Sandia Park
Poverty rate	45.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.39	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1986	1975