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Highest renter share, New Mexico cities · 2020

New Mexico cities with the highest share of renter-occupied housing units (2023 ACS). This list covers the 46 cities in New Mexico that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRENTER-OCCUPIEDVS 2000

01Portales, NMNM11,73450.5%+12%

02Taos, NMNM6,52649.6%+14%

03Gallup, NMNM19,96947.9%+20%

04Las Cruces, NMNM116,97844.6%+6%

05Socorro, NMNM8,26144.3%+12%

06Clovis, NMNM37,12743.6%+16%

07Las Vegas, NMNM12,57443.1%+18%

08Shiprock, NMNM7,61042.3%+6%

09Deming, NMNM14,94441.6%+31%

10Albuquerque, NMNM556,58841.2%+4%

11Hobbs, NMNM40,86341.0%+28%

12Silver City, NMNM9,28440.2%+9%

13Santa Fe, NMNM89,83739.9%−5%

14Tucumcari, NMNM5,08239.7%+10%

15Alamogordo, NMNM31,90639.4%+0%

16Truth or Consequences, NMNM5,94939.4%+23%

17Grants, NMNM8,93337.2%+13%

18Artesia, NMNM12,73537.0%+21%

19Bloomfield, NMNM7,33536.9%+36%

20Farmington, NMNM46,05536.4%+15%

21Aztec, NMNM6,09135.8%+16%

22Belen, NMNM7,58935.7%+19%

23Española, NMNM10,45835.6%+19%

24Anthony, NMNM8,90035.3%+11%

25Roswell, NMNM46,87835.2%+12%

26Raton, NMNM5,95234.2%+11%

27Carlsbad, NMNM32,52434.0%+19%

28Los Alamos, NMNM13,31731.8%+12%

29Santa Teresa, NMNM6,04131.3%+148%

30Lovington, NMNM11,62029.8%+11%

31Ruidoso, NMNM7,58029.5%+18%

32Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NMNM5,79029.4%+69%

33South Valley, NMNM37,12028.7%+12%

34Sunland Park, NMNM18,26827.1%−14%

35Los Lunas, NMNM20,57226.5%+17%

36Bernalillo, NMNM9,15924.4%+18%

37Chaparral, NMNM18,18623.5%+26%

38North Valley, NMNM10,45522.7%+10%

39North Hobbs, NMNM6,03420.3%–

40Rio Rancho, NMNM114,41919.7%+6%

41El Cerro Mission, NMNM5,32315.4%–

42Edgewood, NMNM6,15712.1%−10%

43Zuni Pueblo, NMNM5,86412.1%+13%

44Corrales, NMNM8,48410.3%−16%

45Eldorado at Santa Fe, NMNM5,6197.8%−31%

46White Rock, NMNM5,7167.0%+27%

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