Sunland Park vs Vado

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

Sunland Park and Vado 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 3,185 in Vado). Sunland Park has the higher median household income ($52,147 vs $29,844 in Vado). Sunland Park has the higher median home value ($194,900 vs $108,300 in Vado).

Population, income & housing

	Sunland Park	Vado
Population	17,085	3,185
Median age	31.9 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,147	$29,844
Median home value	$194,900	$108,300
Median gross rent	$770	$545
Housing units	6,250	972
Homeownership rate	81.9%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunland Park	Vado
Population	17,081 → 17,085 (+0.0%)	3,099 → 3,185 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$27,266 → $52,147 (+91.3%)	$32,093 → $29,844 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$111,100 → $194,900 (+75.4%)	$108,100 → $108,300 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $770 (+23.6%)	$506 → $545 (+7.7%)

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

Vado

Population

3,0993,185

Median household income

$32,093$29,844

Median home value

$108,100$108,300

Median gross rent

$506$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunland Park	Vado
Under 5	9.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	34.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	19.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	7.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	4.2%
75 and over	3.6%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunland Park	Vado
White (non-Hispanic)	5.3%	5.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	93.8%	94.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunland Park	Vado
No high school diploma	23.8%	48.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunland Park	Vado
Drove alone	74.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	17.6%	15.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.6%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunland Park	Vado
1-unit, detached	72.5%	28.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	69.8%

Poverty & households

	Sunland Park	Vado
Poverty rate	25.1%	35.7%
Average household size	2.96	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	2000	1985