Sandia KnollsNM
With 1,445 residents, it is a town in New Mexico.
Is Sandia Knolls a good place to live?
The best of Sandia Knolls’ subject grades is an A for health; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 3 of New Mexico’s 161 towns score higher on health. Sandia Knolls has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sandia Knolls stand out
Where Sandia Knolls beats most towns.
1,445 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Sandia Knolls grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Mexico), ordered by how far Sandia Knolls is from typical.
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University Stadium and 28 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sandia Knolls. Close and well known come first.
20 mi Stadium & arenaUniversity Stadium
37 mi National MonumentBandelier National Monument248K visitors a year
8 mi Ski areaSandia Peak Ski Area66 runs · 1,599 ft vertical
22 mi National MonumentPetroglyph National Monument311K visitors a year
15 mi MuseumNational Museum of Nuclear Science & History
16 mi Stadium & arenaTingley ColiseumPhoto credits
University Stadium: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Bandelier National Monument: Andrew Dunn (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Sandia Peak Ski Area: Skoch3, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Petroglyph National Monument: Unknown, Public domain · National Museum of Nuclear Science & History: AllenS, Public domain · Tingley Coliseum: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Sandia Knolls: who provides what
Sandia Knolls is unincorporated, so Bernalillo County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sandia Knolls.
Sandia Knolls stands out in New Mexico and nationally: a smaller share of its adults sleep under 7 hours
Among adults in Sandia Knolls, 12% report frequent physical distress, below both New Mexico’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (14%). Only 7 of the 74 New Mexico towns we compare have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Sandia Knolls. Sandia Knolls: 15% of adults get no exercise outside work.
| Sandia Knolls | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 34% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 27% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 26% | 19% |
| What stands out | Sandia Knolls | NM |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.3% | 14.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 20.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More than half of Sandia Knolls’ working residents commute to Albuquerque
Sandia Knolls’ middle household income is $92,000, against $55,000 in New Mexico’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Most working residents leave Sandia Knolls for work: only 1% work in town. 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line here. The median commute is under 17 miles.
| Sandia Knolls | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 14% | 8% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Sandia Knolls
Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 20°; snowfall runs to about 29 inches a winter. The seasons in Sandia Knolls: chilly winters, warm summers, with very little rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Sandia Knolls is inland flooding, at a high overall level
On expected storm and flood damage, Sandia Knolls sits above three fifths of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 46% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 43% to wildfires.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Sandia Knolls sells for about $385K
The share of households in Sandia Knolls who live in a home they own: 88%. Sandia Knolls’ midpoint rent comes in at $1,107 a month.
| Sandia Knolls | New Mexico towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,107 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sandia Knolls
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Sandia Knolls; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Sandia Knolls residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Mexico.
99% of working residents leave Sandia Knolls for work
Where Sandia Knolls’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Sandia Knolls
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sandia Knolls, NM expensive?
The typical home is worth about $294,000, 7% below the New Mexico typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.