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Highest median rent, New Mexico counties · 1990

New Mexico counties ranked by median gross rent (2023 ACS). This list covers the 33 counties in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Santa Fe County, NMNM156,907$489−29%

02Sandoval County, NMNM159,565$468−36%

03Los Alamos County, NMNM19,407$467−30%

04Bernalillo County, NMNM667,601$402−28%

05Taos County, NMNM34,564$369−31%

06Otero County, NMNM70,368$355−20%

07Curry County, NMNM46,655$349−18%

08Lincoln County, NMNM19,844$348−26%

09Doña Ana County, NMNM229,091$347−22%

10San Juan County, NMNM120,340$345−25%

11Valencia County, NMNM82,013$344−30%

12Chaves County, NMNM63,364$335−17%

13Torrance County, NMNM16,100$318−31%

14Lea County, NMNM74,749$312−20%

15Socorro County, NMNM15,838$305−16%

16Eddy County, NMNM62,509$304−23%

17Grant County, NMNM27,252$302−28%

18McKinley County, NMNM68,119$294−21%

19Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,832$285−28%

20Union County, NMNM3,844$284−24%

21Quay County, NMNM8,454$279−10%

22San Miguel County, NMNM26,260$270−37%

23Roosevelt County, NMNM18,615$268−31%

24Colfax County, NMNM12,184$266−36%

25Luna County, NMNM25,407$252−25%

26Catron County, NMNM3,827$249−36%

27Cibola County, NMNM26,807$245−31%

28De Baca County, NMNM1,647$245−34%

29Mora County, NMNM4,051$235−34%

30Guadalupe County, NMNM4,343$229−29%

31Harding County, NMNM617$229−38%

32Sierra County, NMNM11,395$226−35%

33Hidalgo County, NMNM3,929$191−28%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES