Sunlit Hills vs Tesuque

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

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

Tesuque has the higher population (1,087 vs 888 in Sunlit Hills). Sunlit Hills has the higher median household income ($146,750 vs $52,273 in Tesuque). Tesuque has the higher median home value ($877,600 vs $869,400 in Sunlit Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Sunlit Hills	Tesuque
Population	888	1,087
Median age	51.7 yrs	67.7 yrs
Median household income	$146,750	$52,273
Median home value	$869,400	$877,600
Median gross rent	$1,455	$1,095
Housing units	317	847
Homeownership rate	84.5%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunlit Hills	Tesuque
Population	637 → 888 (+39.4%)	1,008 → 1,087 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$137,813 → $146,750 (+6.5%)	$67,583 → $52,273 (-22.7%)
Median home value	$497,300 → $869,400 (+74.8%)	$684,800 → $877,600 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,600 → $1,455 (-9.1%)	$1,143 → $1,095 (-4.2%)

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

Tesuque

Population

1,0081,087

Median household income

$67,583$52,273

Median home value

$684,800$877,600

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunlit Hills	Tesuque
Under 5	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	25.8%	3.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	0.9%
25 to 34	1.6%	6.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	3.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	21.5%	34.5%
75 and over	10.0%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunlit Hills	Tesuque
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	79.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	38.1%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunlit Hills	Tesuque
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	11.5%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	37.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunlit Hills	Tesuque
Drove alone	69.9%	66.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	26.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunlit Hills	Tesuque
1-unit, detached	88.6%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Sunlit Hills	Tesuque
Poverty rate	12.3%	18.1%
Average household size	2.72	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1993	1976