Census-designated place · Sandoval County, New Mexico

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico

Santa Ana Pueblo is a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, part of the Albuquerque, NM metro area. It has 1,026 residents. Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico has a quality-of-life score of 35 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,125 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Mexico it ranks #32 of 163 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), home price to income ratio (low) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), drought exposure (high) and restaurants and bars (low).

35Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,125 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Mexico: #32 of 163 in NM
Population: 1,026 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 138.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3570250

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety31#10,769/15,637
Economy55#7,038/15,631
Housing93#1,030/14,977
Health50#7,879/15,609
Healthcare37#9,915/15,650
Environment83#2,547/15,453
Education7#14,509/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,817/15,650
Community19#12,720/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#15,075/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Sandoval County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.08%
100/100New Mexico 0.63%United States 0.94%2019-2023U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
95/100New Mexico 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Preventable hospital stays · low1,682 /100k
93/100New Mexico 2,042 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSandoval County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.7 µg/m³
93/100New Mexico 5.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySandoval County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.327
90/100New Mexico 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Physical inactivity · low17.1%
88/100New Mexico 27.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low43.0%
1/100New Mexico 86.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Drought exposure · high100%
1/100New Mexico 85%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASandoval County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.8 /10k
1/100New Mexico 6.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSandoval County value
Social associations · low3.7 /10k
3/100New Mexico 8.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSandoval County value
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
6/100New Mexico 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSandoval County value
Job growth · low-3.1%
7/100New Mexico -0.4%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataSandoval County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
682 (2015-2019) → 1,026 (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$44,750 (2015-2019) → $86,250 (2020-2024)
+93%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
18.2% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
18.6% (2015-2019) → 5.5% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
14.6% (2015-2019) → 2.9% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
25.6% (2015-2019) → 16.9% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico improved on 2 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+93%$44,750 → $86,250
Inequality−0.1090.436 → 0.327

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.3 min2015-2019	16.6 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Broadband subscriptions	46.3%2015-2019	43.0%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	89.8%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4362015-2019	0.3272020-2024	−0.109	Improved	97%
Median household income	$44,7502015-2019	$86,2502020-2024	+93%	Improved	98%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	25.6%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico itself moved +16.7 points in standing on average over the same 7 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,026 residents (±261)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

237 households (±55)

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Under $25k12%†28
$25k–50k17%†41
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

237 households (±55)

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Own90%214
Rent9.7%†23

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

526 workers (±176)

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
New Mexico share

Drive alone75%†393
Carpool13%†67
Public transit

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Albuquerque, NM

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Sandoval County, the county holding most of Santa Ana Pueblo's residents.

Sandoval County has 1,928 employer establishments, 124 for every 10,000 residents (0.50× the US rate of 248; 0.58× New Mexico's), with 27,552 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,158. The Census Bureau also counts 10,676 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,928; 10,676 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 124; US 248 · New Mexico 212
Paid employees: 27,552
Average annual pay: $54,158; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Sandoval County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	207	13.3	0.64×Fewer than typical	1,666	$58,160	769
Specialty trade contractors	162	10.4	0.67×Fewer than typical	1,029	$57,386	565
Restaurants and other eating places	152	9.8	0.53×Fewer than typical	3,565	$20,699	66
Lessors of real estate	113	7.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	262	$50,821	909
Construction of buildings	87	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,212	$72,015	275
Limited-service restaurants	79	5.1	0.63×Fewer than typical	2,061	$18,676	28
Offices of other health practitioners	77	4.9	0.81×About typical	318	$47,799	389
Building equipment contractors	74	4.7	0.79×Fewer than typical	396	$59,982	140
Real estate agents and brokers	61	3.9	0.80×About typical	117	$58,154	431
Services to buildings and dwellings	60	3.9	0.57×Fewer than typical	325	$33,335	343
Offices of dentists	54	3.5	0.86×About typical	351	$51,593	25
Full-service restaurants	47	3	0.39×Fewer than typical	1,119	$24,747	23

Rank places for an industry Open Sandoval County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 155,833 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $358.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico: $349 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $358.5K; +32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $349; US $2,007
Sole-source: 18%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$284K79%
Defense Logistics Agency$48K13%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$16.8K4.7%
U.S. Coast Guard$12.5K3.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1840.1%

Top recipients

S & K AEROSPACE, LLC$219.6K61%
MCT INDUSTRIES, INC.$141.7K40%
INTEGRITY ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS LLC$1840.1%
ENGINEERING/REMEDIATION RESOURCES GROUP, INC.$00.0%
BRIC LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.9MFY2017
2.4MFY2018
2.8MFY2019
935.4KFY2020
717.9KFY2021
309.4KFY2022
521.4KFY2023
156.4K

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$313.3K87%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$16.8K4.7%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$14K3.9%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$5,2061.5%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$4,2001.2%
Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$3,9981.1%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, so they do not add up across cities.

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico's figures are part of those of Sandoval County, NM ($12.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Santa Ana Pueblo is mostly in Sandoval County.

See federal money in Sandoval County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Sandoval County51100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Albuquerque, NM39

Other cities and towns in Sandoval County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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