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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. 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×

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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