Sandia Park is a tiny town located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 240 people and just one neighborhood, Sandia Park is the 112th largest community in New Mexico.
Sandia Park real estate is some of the most expensive in New Mexico, although Sandia Park house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Sandia Park is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.74% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sandia Park is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sandia Park who work in the sciences (57.69%), management occupations (12.82%), and sales jobs (10.26%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Sandia Park has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Also of interest is that Sandia Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 41.03% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Sandia Park is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Sandia Park really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Sandia Park perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sandia Park has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sandia Park a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Sandia Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.83 minutes every day commuting to work.
Sandia Park is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Sandia Park is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Sandia Park has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Sandia Park does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
If knowledge is power, Sandia Park is a pretty powerful place. 57.45% of the adults in Sandia Park have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Sandia Park in 2018 was $57,734, which is wealthy relative to New Mexico and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $230,936 for a family of four.
The people who call Sandia Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sandia Park residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Sandia Park include European, Russian, Polish, Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Sandia Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to NM* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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East Mountain High School
25 La Madera Road Sandia Park, NM 87047 |
09-12 | ||
Manzano High School
12200 Lomas Blvd Ne Albuquerque, NM 87112 |
09-12 | ||
Roosevelt Middle School
11799 State Highway 14 S Tijeras, NM 87059 |
06-08 | ||
San Antonito Elementary School
12555 N Hwy 14 Sandia Park, NM 87047 |
KG-05 | ||
* 10 is highest |
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American Indian Or Native Of Alaska |
Economic Groups | This District | This State |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | 68.6% | 73.0% |
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 65.3% | 69.8% |
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 3.3% | 3.2% |
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