Paradise Hills vs Sandia Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Paradise Hills and Sandia Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paradise Hills has the higher population (4,662 vs 3,083 in Sandia Heights). Sandia Heights has the higher median household income ($151,538 vs $74,403 in Paradise Hills). Sandia Heights has the higher median home value ($623,500 vs $241,300 in Paradise Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Heights
Population	4,662	3,083
Median age	44.0 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,403	$151,538
Median home value	$241,300	$623,500
Median gross rent	$1,256	$3,000
Housing units	1,958	1,515
Homeownership rate	74.6%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Heights
Population	4,656 → 4,662 (+0.1%)	3,571 → 3,083 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$62,070 → $74,403 (+19.9%)	$107,104 → $151,538 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $241,300 (+32.5%)	$465,700 → $623,500 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,256 (+12.0%)	$2,567 → $3,000 (+16.9%)

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

Sandia Heights

Population

3,5713,083

Median household income

$107,104$151,538

Median home value

$465,700$623,500

Median gross rent

$2,567$3,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Heights
Under 5	3.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	8.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	23.8%
75 and over	12.2%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	75.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	5.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	39.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Heights
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	27.2%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	45.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Heights
Drove alone	68.9%	63.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.7%	31.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Heights
1-unit, detached	83.7%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Heights
Poverty rate	13.2%	4.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1975	1984