Estancia vs Indian Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Estancia and Indian Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Estancia has the higher population (1,399 vs 778 in Indian Hills). Indian Hills has the higher median household income ($41,667 vs $34,559 in Estancia). Indian Hills has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $95,800 in Estancia).

Population, income & housing

	Estancia	Indian Hills
Population	1,399	778
Median age	46.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,559	$41,667
Median home value	$95,800	$152,800
Median gross rent	$823	—
Housing units	612	314
Homeownership rate	76.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	42.6%	32.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estancia	Indian Hills
Population	1,478 → 1,399 (-5.3%)	1,075 → 778 (-27.6%)
Median household income	$30,450 → $34,559 (+13.5%)	$53,750 → $41,667 (-22.5%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $95,800 (-12.4%)	$143,700 → $152,800 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $823 (+32.3%)	—

Estancia

Population

1,4781,399

Median household income

$30,450$34,559

Median home value

$109,400$95,800

Median gross rent

$622$823

Indian Hills

Population

1,075778

Median household income

$53,750$41,667

Median home value

$143,700$152,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estancia	Indian Hills
Under 5	1.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	1.4%
25 to 34	9.5%	19.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	4.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.1%
75 and over	7.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estancia	Indian Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	60.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	62.5%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estancia	Indian Hills
No high school diploma	19.5%	18.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estancia	Indian Hills
Drove alone	55.1%	99.1%
Carpooled	36.0%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estancia	Indian Hills
1-unit, detached	67.0%	8.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.2%	91.4%

Poverty & households

	Estancia	Indian Hills
Poverty rate	21.3%	23.5%
Average household size	2.60	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1965	1989