Santa Teresa vs Sunland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Santa Teresa and Sunland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunland Park has the higher population (17,085 vs 5,973 in Santa Teresa). Santa Teresa has the higher median household income ($60,759 vs $52,147 in Sunland Park). Santa Teresa has the higher median home value ($216,600 vs $194,900 in Sunland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Teresa	Sunland Park
Population	5,973	17,085
Median age	33.2 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,759	$52,147
Median home value	$216,600	$194,900
Median gross rent	$1,259	$770
Housing units	2,264	6,250
Homeownership rate	68.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Teresa	Sunland Park
Population	5,515 → 5,973 (+8.3%)	17,081 → 17,085 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$51,529 → $60,759 (+17.9%)	$27,266 → $52,147 (+91.3%)
Median home value	$186,300 → $216,600 (+16.3%)	$111,100 → $194,900 (+75.4%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $1,259 (+48.3%)	$623 → $770 (+23.6%)

Santa Teresa

Population

5,5155,973

Median household income

$51,529$60,759

Median home value

$186,300$216,600

Median gross rent

$849$1,259

Sunland Park

Population

17,08117,085

Median household income

$27,266$52,147

Median home value

$111,100$194,900

Median gross rent

$623$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Teresa	Sunland Park
Under 5	9.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	12.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	7.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.2%
75 and over	6.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Teresa	Sunland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	5.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	81.2%	93.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Teresa	Sunland Park
No high school diploma	10.4%	23.8%
High school graduate	28.2%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Teresa	Sunland Park
Drove alone	79.8%	74.2%
Carpooled	15.1%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Teresa	Sunland Park
1-unit, detached	67.8%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Santa Teresa	Sunland Park
Poverty rate	28.9%	25.1%
Average household size	2.78	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1993	2000