2026 Compare Cities Economy:
Santa Fe, NM vs Sun Lakes, AZ

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- Household income in Sun Lakes, is 4% less than it is in Santa Fe and is 17% below the National Average.
- Santa Fe unemployment rate is 7.7%.
- Sun Lakes unemployment rate is 6.1%.
 Santa Fe, NMSun Lakes, AZUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock3.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth30.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock3.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$39,723  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$59,207$69,021
 Family Median Income$72,697  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Santa Fe, NMSun Lakes, AZUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock9.6%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K5.0%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock9.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.9%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock8.2%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.4%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.2%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.4%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock14.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.0%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock4.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Santa Fe, NMSun Lakes, AZUnited States
 Management, business, finance16.0%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock7.1%6.5%
 Community, social services2.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.5%1.2%
 Education, library7.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.1%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock2.8%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.4%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.3%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support19.7%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair8.0%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock4.0%13.1%
Reviews for Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 7 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 7 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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Reviews for Sun Lakes    7 Reviews

Great place to live very inexpensive HOA great restaurants at half the price of regular house restaurant drinks half price Golf $35 you can’t beat the place and  More

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Over 7 years ago

Wow, this place sucka. Patrol is a joke with senile old men, CCRs not enforced unless you are a whiney loudmouth or on the board. Landscape committee. Cost us thousands  More

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Sun Lakes used to be a nice, quiet 55+ community but in the past few years it has become fallen victim to short term rentals, investors, speculators, house flippers and  More

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