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Albuquerque vs Santa Fe

Albuquerque, NM compared with Santa Fe, NM · 54 miles apart

Albuquerque has 556,588 residents to Santa Fe’s 89,837. Albuquerque comes out ahead on median rent, price to income, clear days a year. Santa Fe does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Albuquerque, NM Santa Fe, NM
Population 556,588 89,837
Density (per sq mi) 2,972 1,720
Median household income $68,317 $73,482
Median home value $291,500 $444,900
Median rent $1,145 $1,463
Homeownership 61.8% 63.6%
Average commute 22.4 min 21 min
Median age 38.8 46.3
Bachelor's degree + 39.2% 47.8%
Poverty rate 15.5% 12.9%
Unemployment 5.4% 5.1%
Price to income 4.3× 6.1×
Clear days a year 68 65
Days above 90°F 67 11

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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