Paradise Hills vs Sandia Knolls

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

Paradise Hills 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.

Paradise Hills has the higher population (4,662 vs 1,436 in Sandia Knolls). Sandia Knolls has the higher median household income ($102,801 vs $74,403 in Paradise Hills). Sandia Knolls has the higher median home value ($286,400 vs $241,300 in Paradise Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Knolls
Population	4,662	1,436
Median age	44.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,403	$102,801
Median home value	$241,300	$286,400
Median gross rent	$1,256	$1,030
Housing units	1,958	690
Homeownership rate	74.6%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Knolls
Population	4,656 → 4,662 (+0.1%)	1,475 → 1,436 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$62,070 → $74,403 (+19.9%)	$88,750 → $102,801 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $241,300 (+32.5%)	$209,800 → $286,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,256 (+12.0%)	$1,507 → $1,030 (-31.7%)

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 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)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Knolls
Under 5	3.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	16.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	19.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	15.7%
75 and over	12.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	75.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	2.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	39.8%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Knolls
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Knolls
Drove alone	68.9%	80.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	11.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Knolls
1-unit, detached	83.7%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Paradise Hills	Sandia Knolls
Poverty rate	13.2%	2.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1975	1985