What is the median rent in Crownpoint, NM?

Name: Median rent in Crownpoint, NM, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Crownpoint, NM is $593 (±$199) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 479 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Crownpoint, the median gross rent went from $589 in 2015–2019 to $593 in 2020–2024 (+0.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $593 (±$199)
Rented homes: 479 (±172)
$2,000 or more: 6.7%
Since 2015–2019: +0.7%

How much rent costs in Crownpoint

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Crownpoint	McKinley County	New Mexico	United States
Less than $500	38.0% (±23.0 points)	13.9%	8.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	39.9% (±16.5 points)	49.7%	36.3%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	13.2% (±10.7 points)	26.8%	32.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	2.3% (±3.7 points)	7.3%	15.1%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±8.5 points)	1.4%	4.9%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±8.5 points)	0.1%	1.3%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	6.7% (±5.6 points)	0.7%	1.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 39.9% of renting households.

6.7% of rented homes in Crownpoint cost $2,000 or more a month.

Crownpoint against McKinley County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Crownpoint	McKinley County	New Mexico	United States
Median gross rent	$593 (±$199)	$859 (±$56)	$1,067 (±$11)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	479 (±172)	5,539 (±409)	230,521 (±3,240)	42,849,984

In Crownpoint, median gross rent is lower than in McKinley County ($859).

It is also lower than in New Mexico ($1,067).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In McKinley County, Crownpoint ranks 7 of 9 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 126 of 142.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Crownpoint has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$589 (±$51)	$593 (±$199)	+0.7%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	54.0% (±6.1 points)	56.1% (±11.5 points)	+2.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	11.5% (±3.7 points)	8.4% (±4.5 points)	−3.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Crownpoint

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Crownpoint
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Crownpoint	—	$593 (±$199)	—
Thoreau	22 mi	$483 (±$66)	Not measurably different
Iyanbito	24 mi	$642 (±$170)	Not measurably different
Church Rock	26 mi	$780 (±$252)	Not measurably different
Gamerco	36 mi	$860 (±$200)	Not measurably different
Gallup	36 mi	$927 (±$73)	Higher
Milan	40 mi	$851 (±$151)	Higher
Grants	44 mi	$783 (±$85)	Not measurably different
Navajo	50 mi	$683 (±$99)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Gallup, NM ($927), Milan, NM ($851).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across McKinley County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Gallup	$927 (±$73)
2	Gamerco	$860 (±$200)
3	Church Rock	$780 (±$252)
4	Black Rock	$726 (±$56)
5	Navajo	$683 (±$99)
6	Iyanbito	$642 (±$170)
7	Crownpoint	$593 (±$199)
8	Zuni Pueblo	$588 (±$340)
9	Thoreau	$483 (±$66)

Crownpoint is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Crownpoint

What is the average rent in Crownpoint, NM?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Crownpoint is $593 (±$199) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Crownpoint?

In Crownpoint, the median gross rent went from $589 in 2015–2019 to $593 in 2020–2024 (+0.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Crownpoint cost more than $2,000 a month?

6.7% of rented homes in Crownpoint have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 38.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Crownpoint higher than in McKinley County?

In Crownpoint, median gross rent is lower than in McKinley County ($859).

It is also lower than in New Mexico ($1,067).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Crownpoint CDP, New Mexico (place:18940, in state:35).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.