CaÃ±oncito vs Sunlit Hills

A side-by-side comparison of CaÃ±oncito and Sunlit Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

CaÃ±oncito and Sunlit Hills are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

CaÃ±oncito has the higher population (946 vs 888 in Sunlit Hills). Sunlit Hills has the higher median household income ($146,750 vs $72,072 in CaÃ±oncito). Sunlit Hills has the higher median home value ($869,400 vs $402,400 in CaÃ±oncito).

Population, income & housing

	CaÃ±oncito	Sunlit Hills
Population	946	888
Median age	59.5 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,072	$146,750
Median home value	$402,400	$869,400
Median gross rent	$1,700	$1,455
Housing units	454	317
Homeownership rate	82.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	62.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	CaÃ±oncito	Sunlit Hills
Population	1,199 → 946 (-21.1%)	637 → 888 (+39.4%)
Median household income	$65,234 → $72,072 (+10.5%)	$137,813 → $146,750 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$271,900 → $402,400 (+48.0%)	$497,300 → $869,400 (+74.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,484 → $1,700 (+14.6%)	$1,600 → $1,455 (-9.1%)

CaÃ±oncito

Population

1,199946

Median household income

$65,234$72,072

Median home value

$271,900$402,400

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,700

Sunlit Hills

Population

637888

Median household income

$137,813$146,750

Median home value

$497,300$869,400

Median gross rent

$1,600$1,455

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	CaÃ±oncito	Sunlit Hills
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	25.8%
18 to 24	2.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	5.0%	1.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	43.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	21.5%
75 and over	13.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	CaÃ±oncito	Sunlit Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	57.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.2%	38.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	CaÃ±oncito	Sunlit Hills
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	23.6%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	CaÃ±oncito	Sunlit Hills
Drove alone	48.6%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.2%	24.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	CaÃ±oncito	Sunlit Hills
1-unit, detached	69.4%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	CaÃ±oncito	Sunlit Hills
Poverty rate	13.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1984	1993