Health · Sunlit Hills

Sunlit Hills, NM health

Sunlit Hills differs from New Mexico on 24 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing food insecurity (5.8% vs 20.9%) and fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (4.2% vs 14.2%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (13.8% vs 7.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Sunlit Hills

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 899 people are less certain, so we show Sunlit Hills's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Sunlit Hills compares with New Mexico

Each theme counts how many of its measures are better, worse or too close to call against the state. Tap one to jump to it.

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Sunlit Hills adults…

35 of every 100 Sunlit Hills adults have high blood pressure

New Mexico: 34 in 100 · too close to call · margin 31.1–39%

Bars show Sunlit Hills; the black tick is New Mexico. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Sunlit Hills, betterSunlit Hills, worseToo close to callNew Mexico

Get no exerciseshare of adults 14.5% Sunlit Hills
NM 25.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 26% Sunlit Hills
NM 32.7%

Binge drinkshare of adults 10.9% Sunlit Hills
NM 13.7%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 6.8% Sunlit Hills
NM 13.4%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Sunlit Hills adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks New Mexico.

Yearly checkup

NM 69%

Dentist visit

NM 61%

Cholesterol check

NM 83%

Colon screening

NM 58%

Mammogram

NM 70%

Taking BP meds

NM 73%

1 in 19

working-age adults has no health insurance

Sunlit Hills 5.2% · New Mexico 1 in 6 (15.6%)

Mind & connection

How Sunlit Hills adults are doing

1 in 4Sunlit Hills adults feel lonely

26.6% · New Mexico 34.1% · better

1 in 5Sunlit Hills adults have been diagnosed with depression

21.4% · New Mexico 23.2% · too close to call

1 in 6Sunlit Hills adults lack social or emotional support

16.7% · New Mexico 24.5% · better

1 in 10Sunlit Hills adults are in frequent mental distress

10.3% · New Mexico 16.1% · better

Everyday needs

Making ends meet

Needs that shape health as much as any doctor visit: food, housing, utilities and a way to get around.

1 in 17

Sunlit Hills adults worry about having enough food

5.8% · NM 20.9% · better

1 in 19

Sunlit Hills adults worry about keeping their housing

5.2% · NM 16.5% · better

1 in 26

Sunlit Hills adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

3.8% · NM 11.2% · better

1 in 26

Sunlit Hills adults lack reliable transportation

3.8% · NM 11% · better

4.3% of Sunlit Hills adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 16.9% across New Mexico.

Disability

Living with a disability

23.5%

of Sunlit Hills adults live with a disability (New Mexico 34%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs11.6%

Thinking or memory8%

Hearing8.3%

Errands alone5.3%

Vision3.5%

Dressing or bathing2.8%

Black tick: New Mexico. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Sunlit Hills

Sunlit Hills and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health. Pins are hospitals and community health centers in and near Sunlit Hills.

21.7%26.4%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#3 of 7towns on this map, healthiest first

Arroyo Hondo21.7%

Seton Village21.7%

Sunlit Hills21.9%

Conejo21.9%

Santa Fe Foothills23%

Care nearby

Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe · 3.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe · 6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Santa Fe Phs Indian HospitalSanta Fe · 10.9 mi Directions Medicare profile

Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos · 29.9 mi · ER Directions Medicare profile

Santa Fe Suites Outreach Service SiteSanta Fe · 3.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Southwest Care Center - Galisteo Family MedicinceSanta Fe · 4.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careSunlit Hills is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careSunlit Hills is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthSunlit Hills is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas. Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Sunlit Hills. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 40 measures for Sunlit Hills

Measure	Sunlit Hills	Margin	New Mexico
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.1%	31.1–39%	34.3%	about the same
High cholesterol	39.1%	34.9–43.3%	35.1%	about the same
Obesity	21.9%	17.6–26.5%	34.1%	better
Arthritis	30.9%	27.2–34.5%	25.6%	worse
Depression	21.4%	18.3–24.8%	23.2%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	4.2%	3.4–5.2%	14.2%	better
Asthma	9.1%	8–10.3%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	13.8%	12.4–15.2%	7.4%	worse
Diabetes	10.8%	9.1–12.8%	13.2%	better
COPD	5.6%	4.4–7.1%	6.6%	about the same
Heart disease	7.5%	6.5–8.8%	7.2%	about the same
Stroke	3.5%	3–4.2%	3.8%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	6.8%	4.9–8.9%	13.4%	better
Binge drink	10.9%	9–13.1%	13.7%	better
Get no exercise	14.5%	11.5–18.1%	25.6%	better
Sleep under 7 hours	26%	22.6–29.9%	32.7%	better
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.7%	74.5–80.8%	69%	better
Dentist visit	78.7%	76.3–80.9%	61.4%	better
Cholesterol check	93.2%	92–94.2%	83.4%	better
Colon screening	74.6%	70.9–78.1%	57.5%	better
Mammogram	76.1%	70.3–81.5%	70.3%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.9%	76.3–83.2%	73.3%	better
No health insurance	5.2%	4.1–6.8%	15.6%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	26.6%	22.6–30.7%	34.1%	better
Lack emotional support	16.7%	13.9–19.6%	24.5%	better
Frequent mental distress	10.3%	8.9–12%	16.1%	better
Fair or poor health	13.7%	11.2–16.6%	24%	better
Frequent physical distress	11.8%	9.9–13.9%	15.5%	better
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	5.8%	4.4–7.4%	20.9%	better
Housing insecurity	5.2%	4.1–6.4%	16.5%	better
Utility shut-off threat	3.8%	3.1–4.7%	11.2%	better
No reliable transportation	3.8%	3.1–4.6%	11%	better
Receive SNAP	4.3%	3.1–5.8%	16.9%
Disability
Any disability	23.5%	19.5–27.7%	34%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.6%	9.4–14.1%	15.5%
Thinking or memory	8%	6.7–9.6%	15.5%
Hearing	8.3%	7.1–9.6%	8.5%
Vision	3.5%	2.9–4.1%	7.2%
Dressing or bathing	2.8%	2.3–3.4%	4.7%
Errands alone	5.3%	4.3–6.4%	9.3%

About these numbers

How CDC estimates town health

They're modeled estimatesCDC combines a large national health survey with each area's age, sex, race and income mix to estimate local rates. Nobody surveyed Sunlit Hills door to door.

Close calls stay grayEvery figure has a margin of error. When the New Mexico figure falls inside it, we don't call Sunlit Hills better or worse.

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Sunlit Hills directly, so these are its own figures.

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The New Mexico figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population.

Health estimates: CDC PLACES. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.