# Cities in New Mexico by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 19 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Los Lunas, NM | 60.9 |
| 2 | Lovington, NM | 60 |
| 3 | Las Cruces, NM | 57 |
| 4 | Las Vegas, NM | 56 |
| 5 | Albuquerque, NM | 52.4 |
| 6 | Santa Fe, NM | 52.1 |
| 7 | Rio Rancho, NM | 51.9 |
| 8 | Sunland Park, NM | 51.8 |
| 9 | Clovis, NM | 50.1 |
| 10 | Roswell, NM | 49.6 |
| 11 | Alamogordo, NM | 49.5 |
| 12 | Deming, NM | 49.4 |
| 13 | Artesia, NM | 48.7 |
| 14 | Gallup, NM | 48.3 |
| 15 | Española, NM | 46.5 |
| 16 | Hobbs, NM | 46 |
| 17 | Portales, NM | 44.5 |
| 18 | Farmington, NM | 40.8 |
| 19 | Carlsbad, NM | 32.9 |