U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates
New Mexico counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024
Rank 33 New Mexico counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.
Ranked observations
0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.
| Rank | County | GEOID | Renter cost burden (30%+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hidalgo County | 35023 | 54.9% |
| 2 | Socorro County | 35053 | 54.3% |
| 3 | Taos County | 35055 | 49.1% |
| 4 | Bernalillo County | 35001 | 48.9% |
| 5 | Valencia County | 35061 | 48.9% |
| 6 | Doña Ana County | 35013 | 48.6% |
| 7 | San Miguel County | 35047 | 48.4% |
| 8 | Santa Fe County | 35049 | 46.0% |
| 9 | Cibola County | 35006 | 45.5% |
| 10 | Curry County | 35009 | 44.7% |
| 11 | Sandoval County | 35043 | 44.4% |
| 12 | Otero County | 35035 | 41.7% |
| 13 | Chaves County | 35005 | 40.8% |
| 14 | Grant County | 35017 | 40.3% |
| 15 | Roosevelt County | 35041 | 39.9% |
| 16 | Luna County | 35029 | 39.5% |
| 17 | Lincoln County | 35027 | 38.9% |
| 18 | Lea County | 35025 | 38.6% |
| 19 | Sierra County | 35051 | 37.9% |
| 20 | San Juan County | 35045 | 36.7% |
| 21 | McKinley County | 35031 | 36.3% |
| 22 | Colfax County | 35007 | 34.9% |
| 23 | Quay County | 35037 | 34.2% |
| 24 | Eddy County | 35015 | 30.0% |
| 25 | Catron County | 35003 | 28.8% |
| 26 | Los Alamos County | 35028 | 28.3% |
| 27 | Guadalupe County | 35019 | 28.0% |
| 28 | Rio Arriba County | 35039 | 27.4% |
| 29 | Torrance County | 35057 | 26.6% |
| 30 | Union County | 35059 | 25.4% |
| 31 | De Baca County | 35011 | 24.4% |
| 32 | Harding County | 35021 | 18.2% |
| 33 | Mora County | 35033 | 16.5% |
Method and provenance
ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated New Mexico bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. New Mexico county map and full table.