Rio Rancho vs Santo Domingo Pueblo

A side-by-side comparison of Rio Rancho and Santo Domingo Pueblo: population, income, housing, and more.

Rio Rancho and Santo Domingo Pueblo are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rio Rancho has the higher population (106,533 vs 2,162 in Santo Domingo Pueblo). Santo Domingo Pueblo has the higher median household income ($85,865 vs $85,755 in Rio Rancho). Rio Rancho has the higher median home value ($273,300 vs $146,100 in Santo Domingo Pueblo).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Rancho	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Population	106,533	2,162
Median age	39.0 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,755	$85,865
Median home value	$273,300	$146,100
Median gross rent	$1,481	—
Housing units	40,640	452
Homeownership rate	82.2%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Rancho	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Population	96,210 → 106,533 (+10.7%)	2,292 → 2,162 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$66,856 → $85,755 (+28.3%)	$34,167 → $85,865 (+151.3%)
Median home value	$190,800 → $273,300 (+43.2%)	$151,600 → $146,100 (-3.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,481 (+26.9%)	—

Rio Rancho

Population

96,210106,533

Median household income

$66,856$85,755

Median home value

$190,800$273,300

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,481

Santo Domingo Pueblo

Population

2,2922,162

Median household income

$34,167$85,865

Median home value

$151,600$146,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio Rancho	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Under 5	4.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.4%
75 and over	6.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Rancho	Santo Domingo Pueblo
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	0.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	70.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	42.1%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Rancho	Santo Domingo Pueblo
No high school diploma	5.6%	17.6%
High school graduate	23.3%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Rancho	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Drove alone	74.5%	73.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.6%	1.8%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	14.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Rancho	Santo Domingo Pueblo
1-unit, detached	87.8%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	29.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Rio Rancho	Santo Domingo Pueblo
Poverty rate	7.8%	17.9%
Average household size	2.70	5.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	45
Median year structure built	2000	1966