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

De Baca County had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 33 counties in 2022, at 73.9%. Union County had the lowest, at 23.9%. The median was 45.2% and the figure for New Mexico was 49.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest73.9De Baca County

Lowest23.9Union County

Median45.233 counties

New Mexico49.2History

Map of counties, 2022

Under 34
34 to 43
43 to 45
45 to 49
49 to 52
52 and over

%, 2022. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	De Baca County	73.9	+9.1 pts
2	Lincoln County	64.2	+19.9 pts
3	Socorro County	61.9	+4.5 pts
4	Doña Ana County	55.3	+0.8 pts
5	San Miguel County	53.3	+2 pts
6	Hidalgo County	52.7	+8.2 pts
7	Taos County	51.9	-0.7 pts
8	Bernalillo County	51.6	0 pts
9	Santa Fe County	50.4	+2.9 pts
10	Sandoval County	50.1	+1.1 pts
11	Sierra County	49.3	-0.8 pts
12	Valencia County	49.2	+5.7 pts
13	Grant County	48.9	-0.2 pts
14	Luna County	48.2	-3.1 pts
15	Curry County	47.2	+4.1 pts
16	Colfax County	46.3	-1.2 pts
17	Guadalupe County	45.2	+0.7 pts
18	Chaves County	44.5	-0.8 pts
19	San Juan County	44.5	0 pts
20	Otero County	43.9	-2.6 pts
21	Cibola County	43.8	+3.4 pts
22	Roosevelt County	43.6	-2.4 pts
23	Lea County	43	-1.9 pts
24	Torrance County	42.8	-2.7 pts
25	Quay County	41.3	-3.8 pts
26	McKinley County	36.8	+1.6 pts
27	Rio Arriba County	34.2	-0.8 pts
28	Mora County	33.6	-2.1 pts
29	Eddy County	29.1	-2.3 pts
30	Catron County	28.9	-0.3 pts
31	Harding County	25.6	-1.3 pts
32	Los Alamos County	24.3	-0.2 pts
33	Union County	23.9	-3.6 pts

Other periods

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2023
2022
2021

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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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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), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties?period=2022. 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), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties?period=2022.

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), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  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), 2022}},
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  urldate = {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 73.9% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Union County, with 23.9% in 2022.

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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.