Sandia Park vs Tijeras

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

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

Tijeras has the higher population (483 vs 383 in Sandia Park). Sandia Park has the higher median household income ($134,118 vs $75,398 in Tijeras). Sandia Park has the higher median home value ($390,000 vs $250,000 in Tijeras).

Population, income & housing

	Sandia Park	Tijeras
Population	383	483
Median age	42.2 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$134,118	$75,398
Median home value	$390,000	$250,000
Median gross rent	—	$919
Housing units	162	206
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.9%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandia Park	Tijeras
Population	236 → 383 (+62.3%)	610 → 483 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$111,458 → $134,118 (+20.3%)	$61,250 → $75,398 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$355,400 → $390,000 (+9.7%)	$168,900 → $250,000 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$894 → $919 (+2.8%)

Sandia Park

Population

236383

Median household income

$111,458$134,118

Median home value

$355,400$390,000

Tijeras

Population

610483

Median household income

$61,250$75,398

Median home value

$168,900$250,000

Median gross rent

$894$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandia Park	Tijeras
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	7.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	22.6%
75 and over	3.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandia Park	Tijeras
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	41.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	56.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandia Park	Tijeras
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	7.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandia Park	Tijeras
Drove alone	69.4%	60.6%
Carpooled	25.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	13.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandia Park	Tijeras
1-unit, detached	100.0%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Sandia Park	Tijeras
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	41
Median year structure built	1975	1981