Sunshine vs Ventura

A side-by-side comparison of Sunshine and Ventura: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ventura has the higher population (826 vs 465 in Sunshine). Sunshine has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $77,900 in Ventura). Since 2019, Sunshine's population has grown faster (+41.8% vs +15.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Sunshine	Ventura
Population	465	826
Median age	67.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$24,342
Median home value	$158,900	$77,900
Median gross rent	—	$772
Housing units	195	303
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunshine	Ventura
Population	328 → 465 (+41.8%)	714 → 826 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$37,788 → $100,781 (+166.7%)	$23,500 → $24,342 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $158,900 (+44.7%)	$66,000 → $77,900 (+18.0%)

Sunshine

Population

328465

Median household income

$37,788$100,781

Median home value

$109,800$158,900

Ventura

Population

714826

Median household income

$23,500$24,342

Median home value

$66,000$77,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunshine	Ventura
Under 5	2.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	6.0%	26.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.2%	17.8%
35 to 44	3.9%	20.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	3.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	33.8%	7.9%
75 and over	21.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunshine	Ventura
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	29.2%
Black or African American	12.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	67.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunshine	Ventura
No high school diploma	25.5%	25.2%
High school graduate	16.0%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunshine	Ventura
Drove alone	93.3%	98.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunshine	Ventura
1-unit, detached	77.9%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	22.1%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Sunshine	Ventura
Poverty rate	7.7%	60.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1971	1977