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

De Baca County had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 33 counties in 2024, at 100%. Mora County had the lowest, at 18%. The median was 48.4% and the figure for New Mexico was 50.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest100De Baca County
Lowest18Mora County
Median48.433 counties
New Mexico50.2History

Map of counties, 2024

Bernalillo County: 52 %Catron County: 49.2 %Chaves County: 47.8 %Cibola County: 54.6 %Colfax County: 46.5 %Curry County: 48.2 %De Baca County: 100 %Doña Ana County: 54.4 %Eddy County: 36.4 %Grant County: 44.9 %Guadalupe County: 39.3 %Harding County: 25 %Hidalgo County: 57.4 %Lea County: 48.4 %Lincoln County: 51.8 %Los Alamos County: 28.9 %Luna County: 50.1 %McKinley County: 43.6 %Mora County: 18 %Otero County: 46.8 %Quay County: 56 %Rio Arriba County: 34.4 %Roosevelt County: 45.8 %Sandoval County: 50 %San Juan County: 42.4 %San Miguel County: 56.3 %Santa Fe County: 51 %Sierra County: 51 %Socorro County: 62.7 %Taos County: 56.5 %Torrance County: 34.1 %Union County: 35.3 %Valencia County: 56.2 %
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%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2024

De Baca County: 100 %De Baca County100Socorro County: 62.7 %Socorro County62.7Hidalgo County: 57.4 %Hidalgo County57.4Taos County: 56.5 %Taos County56.5San Miguel County: 56.3 %San Miguel County56.3Valencia County: 56.2 %Valencia County56.2Quay County: 56 %Quay County56Cibola County: 54.6 %Cibola County54.6Doña Ana County: 54.4 %Doña Ana County54.4Bernalillo County: 52 %Bernalillo County52Lincoln County: 51.8 %Lincoln County51.8Santa Fe County: 51 %Santa Fe County51Sierra County: 51 %Sierra County51Luna County: 50.1 %Luna County50.1Sandoval County: 50 %Sandoval County50Catron County: 49.2 %Catron County49.2Lea County: 48.4 %Lea County48.4Curry County: 48.2 %Curry County48.2Chaves County: 47.8 %Chaves County47.8Otero County: 46.8 %Otero County46.8Colfax County: 46.5 %Colfax County46.5Roosevelt County: 45.8 %Roosevelt County45.8Grant County: 44.9 %Grant County44.9McKinley County: 43.6 %McKinley County43.6San Juan County: 42.4 %San Juan County42.4Guadalupe County: 39.3 %Guadalupe County39.3Eddy County: 36.4 %Eddy County36.4Union County: 35.3 %Union County35.3Rio Arriba County: 34.4 %Rio Arriba County34.4Torrance County: 34.1 %Torrance County34.1Los Alamos County: 28.9 %Los Alamos County28.9Harding County: 25 %Harding County25Mora County: 18 %Mora County18De Baca County: 100 %De Baca County100Socorro County: 62.7 %Socorro County62.7Hidalgo County: 57.4 %Hidalgo County57.4Taos County: 56.5 %Taos County56.5San Miguel County: 56.3 %San Miguel County56.3Valencia County: 56.2 %Valencia County56.2Quay County: 56 %Quay County56Cibola County: 54.6 %Cibola County54.6Doña Ana County: 54.4 %Doña Ana County54.4Bernalillo County: 52 %Bernalillo County52Lincoln County: 51.8 %Lincoln County51.8Santa Fe County: 51 %Santa Fe County51Sierra County: 51 %Sierra County51Luna County: 50.1 %Luna County50.1Sandoval County: 50 %Sandoval County50Catron County: 49.2 %Catron County49.2Lea County: 48.4 %Lea County48.4Curry County: 48.2 %Curry County48.2Chaves County: 47.8 %Chaves County47.8Otero County: 46.8 %Otero County46.8Colfax County: 46.5 %Colfax County46.5Roosevelt County: 45.8 %Roosevelt County45.8Grant County: 44.9 %Grant County44.9McKinley County: 43.6 %McKinley County43.6San Juan County: 42.4 %San Juan County42.4Guadalupe County: 39.3 %Guadalupe County39.3Eddy County: 36.4 %Eddy County36.4Union County: 35.3 %Union County35.3Rio Arriba County: 34.4 %Rio Arriba County34.4Torrance County: 34.1 %Torrance County34.1Los Alamos County: 28.9 %Los Alamos County28.9Harding County: 25 %Harding County25Mora County: 18 %Mora County18
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1De Baca County100+26.4 pts
2Socorro County62.7+4.7 pts
3Hidalgo County57.4-0.5 pts
4Taos County56.5-0.8 pts
5San Miguel County56.3+2.1 pts
6Valencia County56.2+4 pts
7Quay County56+14 pts
8Cibola County54.6+3.1 pts
9Doña Ana County54.4+0.1 pts
10Bernalillo County52+0.4 pts
11Lincoln County51.8-4.8 pts
12Santa Fe County51+2.2 pts
13Sierra County51+0.3 pts
14Luna County50.1-2 pts
15Sandoval County500 pts
16Catron County49.2+18.2 pts
17Lea County48.4+1.7 pts
18Curry County48.2-1.3 pts
19Chaves County47.8+3.4 pts
20Otero County46.8+1.4 pts
21Colfax County46.5+4.1 pts
22Roosevelt County45.8-1.4 pts
23Grant County44.9-6 pts
24McKinley County43.6+5 pts
25San Juan County42.4-3.9 pts
26Guadalupe County39.3+8.7 pts
27Eddy County36.4+8 pts
28Union County35.3+7.4 pts
29Rio Arriba County34.4-1.4 pts
30Torrance County34.1-9.9 pts
31Los Alamos County28.9+6 pts
32Harding County25+2.8 pts
33Mora County18-7 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Renters who pay no cash rent and households with no or negative income are left out of both the count and the base. 30 percent is the usual US threshold for rent burden. The EU housing cost overburden rate (housing_cost_overburden_rate) uses 40 percent of disposable income, all housing costs and people instead of households, so the two cannot be compared.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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 (Counties in New Mexico by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat

MLA 9

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, Counties in New Mexico by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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. Counties in New Mexico by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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, Counties in New Mexico by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{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: Counties in New Mexico by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties. Publisher attribution: 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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

De Baca County, with 100% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Mora County, with 18% in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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