Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSandia HeightsNew MexicoUnited States
German20.3%8.7%12.5%
English19.3%8.5%9.5%
Irish16.2%6.9%9.4%
Italian6.8%2.4%4.8%
American6.4%3.9%5.3%
Scottish3.7%1.7%1.3%
French3.5%1.4%1.6%
Polish2.9%0.8%2.2%
Mexican8.2%32.4%11.3%
Spanish1.3%4.2%—
Spaniard1.1%3.6%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Navajo3.2%5.8%—
Aztec0.3%——
Chinese1.1%0.2%1.3%
Filipino1.1%0.4%0.9%
Vietnamese1.1%0.2%0.6%
Asian Indian0.7%0.2%1.4%
Korean0.4%—0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Sandia Heights
New Mexico
United States
Median age
63.3
39.7
39.1
Age 18–24
1.7%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
46.4%
19.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sandia Heights
New Mexico
United States
Median household income
$143,646
$64,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.7%
17.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
72.5%
30.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sandia Heights
New Mexico
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.8%
31.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.8%
24.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
0.5%
2.0%
Korean
1.1%
0.1%
0.3%
Other languages
2.1%
4.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sandia Heights
New Mexico
United States
Catholic
—
29.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Sandia Heights, New Mexico
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−15.3%
2008
+2.2%
2012
−5.7%
2016
+12.5%
2020
+21.4%
2024
+29.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
62.9%Harris1,567
33.8%Trump841
3.3%
D+29.1
D+7.7
D+30.6
2,491
D
59.4%Biden1,567
37.9%Trump1,001
2.7%
D+21.4
D+9.0
D+17.0
2,640
D
50.4%Clinton1,177
37.9%Trump886
11.7%
D+12.5
D+18.2
D+10.4
2,336
R
44.6%Obama1,087
50.3%Romney1,226
5.1%
R+5.7
R+7.9
R+9.6
2,437
D
50.9%Obama1,294
48.7%McCain1,238
0.4%
D+2.2
D+17.5
R+5.1
2,542
R
41.9%Kerry998
57.2%Bush1,362
0.8%
R+15.3
—
R+12.8
2,380
Perched on the western slopes of the Sandia Mountains northeast of Albuquerque, this small census-designated place combines high household incomes and advanced-degree residents with a voting pattern that often diverges from surrounding Bernalillo County precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.1 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 15.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.1 points.
A population of 3,160, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $143,646 describe the city.
In 2024, Sandia Heights, New Mexico voted Democratic by 29.1 points (D+29.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,491 votes cast, 1,567 went Democratic and 841 went Republican.
When did Sandia Heights, New Mexico last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Sandia Heights, New Mexico voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Sandia Heights, New Mexico?
Sandia Heights, New Mexico has a population of 3,160 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sandia Heights, New Mexico?
Median household income in Sandia Heights, New Mexico is $143,646 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Sandia Heights, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sandia Heights, New Mexico from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.
