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

All 33 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 (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. 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-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | De Baca County | 100 |
| 2 | Socorro County | 62.7 |
| 3 | Hidalgo County | 57.4 |
| 4 | Taos County | 56.5 |
| 5 | San Miguel County | 56.3 |
| 6 | Valencia County | 56.2 |
| 7 | Quay County | 56 |
| 8 | Cibola County | 54.6 |
| 9 | Doña Ana County | 54.4 |
| 10 | Bernalillo County | 52 |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 51.8 |
| 12 | Santa Fe County | 51 |
| 13 | Sierra County | 51 |
| 14 | Luna County | 50.1 |
| 15 | Sandoval County | 50 |
| 16 | Catron County | 49.2 |
| 17 | Lea County | 48.4 |
| 18 | Curry County | 48.2 |
| 19 | Chaves County | 47.8 |
| 20 | Otero County | 46.8 |
| 21 | Colfax County | 46.5 |
| 22 | Roosevelt County | 45.8 |
| 23 | Grant County | 44.9 |
| 24 | McKinley County | 43.6 |
| 25 | San Juan County | 42.4 |
| 26 | Guadalupe County | 39.3 |
| 27 | Eddy County | 36.4 |
| 28 | Union County | 35.3 |
| 29 | Rio Arriba County | 34.4 |
| 30 | Torrance County | 34.1 |
| 31 | Los Alamos County | 28.9 |
| 32 | Harding County | 25 |
| 33 | Mora County | 18 |