Ponderosa Pine vs Sandia Heights

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

Ponderosa Pine 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.

Sandia Heights has the higher population (3,083 vs 1,091 in Ponderosa Pine). Sandia Heights has the higher median household income ($151,538 vs $83,864 in Ponderosa Pine). Sandia Heights has the higher median home value ($623,500 vs $295,500 in Ponderosa Pine).

Population, income & housing

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Heights
Population	1,091	3,083
Median age	56.3 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,864	$151,538
Median home value	$295,500	$623,500
Median gross rent	—	$3,000
Housing units	599	1,515
Homeownership rate	95.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Heights
Population	1,159 → 1,091 (-5.9%)	3,571 → 3,083 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$72,292 → $83,864 (+16.0%)	$107,104 → $151,538 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $295,500 (+13.5%)	$465,700 → $623,500 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,567 → $3,000 (+16.9%)

Ponderosa Pine

Population

1,1591,091

Median household income

$72,292$83,864

Median home value

$260,300$295,500

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)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Heights
Under 5	7.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	4.4%	8.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	1.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.2%
35 to 44	2.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	34.8%	23.8%
75 and over	4.3%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Heights
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	15.5%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.9%	45.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Heights
Drove alone	76.7%	63.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.1%	31.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Heights
1-unit, detached	93.2%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Heights
Poverty rate	10.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1983	1984