Cedar Grove vs Sunlit Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Grove and Sunlit Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Grove 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.

Sunlit Hills has the higher population (888 vs 849 in Cedar Grove). Sunlit Hills has the higher median household income ($146,750 vs $63,070 in Cedar Grove). Sunlit Hills has the higher median home value ($869,400 vs $191,300 in Cedar Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Grove	Sunlit Hills
Population	849	888
Median age	67.5 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,070	$146,750
Median home value	$191,300	$869,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,455
Housing units	579	317
Homeownership rate	89.7%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	62.1%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Grove	Sunlit Hills
Population	535 → 849 (+58.7%)	637 → 888 (+39.4%)
Median household income	$91,125 → $63,070 (-30.8%)	$137,813 → $146,750 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$235,900 → $191,300 (-18.9%)	$497,300 → $869,400 (+74.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,600 → $1,455 (-9.1%)

Cedar Grove

Population

535849

Median household income

$91,125$63,070

Median home value

$235,900$191,300

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)

	Cedar Grove	Sunlit Hills
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.4%	25.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	2.1%	1.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	34.6%	21.5%
75 and over	26.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Grove	Sunlit Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	57.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	38.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Grove	Sunlit Hills
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	53.3%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Grove	Sunlit Hills
Drove alone	70.5%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	24.4%
Other means	18.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Grove	Sunlit Hills
1-unit, detached	60.1%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	39.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Grove	Sunlit Hills
Poverty rate	11.9%	12.3%
Average household size	1.64	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	70	20
Median year structure built	1987	1993