Ponderosa Pine vs Sandia Knolls

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

Ponderosa Pine 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.

Sandia Knolls has the higher population (1,436 vs 1,091 in Ponderosa Pine). Sandia Knolls has the higher median household income ($102,801 vs $83,864 in Ponderosa Pine). Ponderosa Pine has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $286,400 in Sandia Knolls).

Population, income & housing

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Knolls
Population	1,091	1,436
Median age	56.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,864	$102,801
Median home value	$295,500	$286,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,030
Housing units	599	690
Homeownership rate	95.2%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Knolls
Population	1,159 → 1,091 (-5.9%)	1,475 → 1,436 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$72,292 → $83,864 (+16.0%)	$88,750 → $102,801 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $295,500 (+13.5%)	$209,800 → $286,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,507 → $1,030 (-31.7%)

Ponderosa Pine

Population

1,1591,091

Median household income

$72,292$83,864

Median home value

$260,300$295,500

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)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Knolls
Under 5	7.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	4.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	16.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.2%
35 to 44	2.0%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	19.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	34.8%	15.7%
75 and over	4.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Knolls
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	15.5%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.9%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Knolls
Drove alone	76.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Knolls
1-unit, detached	93.2%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
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	6.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Ponderosa Pine	Sandia Knolls
Poverty rate	10.5%	2.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1983	1985