Sundance vs White Cliffs

A side-by-side comparison of Sundance and White Cliffs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White Cliffs has the higher population (610 vs 527 in Sundance). White Cliffs has the higher median household income ($93,095 vs $35,833 in Sundance). Since 2019, White Cliffs's population has grown faster (+24.7% vs -4.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Sundance	White Cliffs
Population	527	610
Median age	45.3 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$93,095
Median home value	$36,100	—
Median gross rent	—	$868
Housing units	217	128
Homeownership rate	91.4%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sundance	White Cliffs
Population	553 → 527 (-4.7%)	489 → 610 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $35,833 (-1.2%)	$79,196 → $93,095 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$30,100 → $36,100 (+19.9%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$872 → $868 (-0.5%)

Sundance

Population

553527

Median household income

$36,250$35,833

Median home value

$30,100$36,100

White Cliffs

Population

489610

Median household income

$79,196$93,095

Median gross rent

$872$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sundance	White Cliffs
Under 5	2.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	2.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	46.9%
35 to 44	23.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	19.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.5%	6.4%
65 to 74	18.0%	0.0%
75 and over	7.8%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sundance	White Cliffs
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	84.8%	87.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sundance	White Cliffs
No high school diploma	17.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	31.6%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sundance	White Cliffs
Drove alone	92.7%	62.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	37.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sundance	White Cliffs
1-unit, detached	68.7%	16.4%
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	31.3%	83.6%

Poverty & households

	Sundance	White Cliffs
Poverty rate	39.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.81	4.77
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1986	1999