San Juan County vs Sandoval County

A side-by-side comparison of San Juan County and Sandoval County: population, income, housing, and more.

San Juan County and Sandoval County are counties in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sandoval County has the higher population (151,538 vs 121,178 in San Juan County). Sandoval County has the higher median household income ($84,053 vs $53,020 in San Juan County). Sandoval County has the higher median home value ($282,300 vs $185,100 in San Juan County).

Population, income & housing

	San Juan County	Sandoval County
Population	121,178	151,538
Median age	38.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,020	$84,053
Median home value	$185,100	$282,300
Median gross rent	$917	$1,408
Housing units	48,085	59,759
Homeownership rate	70.2%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Juan County	Sandoval County
Population	126,515 → 121,178 (-4.2%)	142,704 → 151,538 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$50,518 → $53,020 (+5.0%)	$63,802 → $84,053 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $185,100 (+22.4%)	$200,900 → $282,300 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $917 (+12.2%)	$1,117 → $1,408 (+26.1%)

San Juan County

Population

126,515121,178

Median household income

$50,518$53,020

Median home value

$151,200$185,100

Median gross rent

$817$917

Sandoval County

Population

142,704151,538

Median household income

$63,802$84,053

Median home value

$200,900$282,300

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	San Juan County	Sandoval County
Under 5	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.3%
75 and over	6.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Juan County	Sandoval County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.7%	41.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	38.5%	11.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	39.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Juan County	Sandoval County
No high school diploma	13.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Juan County	Sandoval County
Drove alone	85.2%	73.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.6%	15.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Juan County	Sandoval County
1-unit, detached	54.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	32.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	San Juan County	Sandoval County
Poverty rate	23.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.91	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1986	1996