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 2023, at 73.6%. Harding County had the lowest, at 22.2%. The median was 47.2% and the figure for New Mexico was 49.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest73.6De Baca County

Lowest22.2Harding County

Median47.233 counties

New Mexico49.5History

Map of counties, 2023

Under 31
31 to 43
43 to 47
47 to 51
51 to 54
54 and over

%, 2023. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	De Baca County	73.6	-0.2 pts
2	Socorro County	58	-3.9 pts
3	Hidalgo County	57.9	+5.2 pts
4	Taos County	57.3	+5.4 pts
5	Lincoln County	56.6	-7.7 pts
6	Doña Ana County	54.3	-1 pts
7	San Miguel County	54.2	+0.9 pts
8	Valencia County	52.2	+3 pts
9	Luna County	52.1	+3.9 pts
10	Bernalillo County	51.6	0 pts
11	Cibola County	51.5	+7.8 pts
12	Grant County	50.9	+2 pts
13	Sierra County	50.7	+1.4 pts
14	Sandoval County	50	-0 pts
15	Curry County	49.5	+2.3 pts
16	Santa Fe County	48.9	-1.5 pts
17	Roosevelt County	47.2	+3.5 pts
18	Lea County	46.7	+3.7 pts
19	San Juan County	46.3	+1.8 pts
20	Otero County	45.4	+1.5 pts
21	Chaves County	44.4	-0.2 pts
22	Torrance County	44	+1.2 pts
23	Colfax County	42.4	-3.9 pts
24	Quay County	42.1	+0.8 pts
25	McKinley County	38.6	+1.8 pts
26	Rio Arriba County	35.7	+1.6 pts
27	Catron County	31.1	+2.2 pts
28	Guadalupe County	30.5	-14.7 pts
29	Eddy County	28.4	-0.7 pts
30	Union County	27.9	+4 pts
31	Mora County	25	-8.5 pts
32	Los Alamos County	22.9	-1.5 pts
33	Harding County	22.2	-3.4 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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), 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties?period=2023. 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), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties?period=2023.

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), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-mexico-counties?period=2023 (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), 2023}},
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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 73.6% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Harding County, with 22.2% in 2023.

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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.