New Mexico places ranked by rental vacancy rate
31 places in New Mexico have a reliable estimate of rental vacancy rate (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
Highest figures: Ruidoso (17.4%), Artesia (15.2%), Taos (12.1%).
Lowest figure: Shiprock (0.8%).
The figure for New Mexico as a whole is 5.9% (±0.4 points).
Figures last updated on .
- Figure for New Mexico as a whole
- 5.9% (±0.4 points)
- Places ranked
- 31
New Mexico places ranked by rental vacancy rate
| Rank | Place | County | Rental vacancy rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruidoso | Lincoln County | 17.4% (±10.0 points) |
| 2 | Artesia | Eddy County | 15.2% (±10.0 points) |
| 3 | Taos | Taos County | 12.1% (±5.2 points) |
| 4 | Truth or Consequences | Sierra County | 11.6% (±7.6 points) |
| 5 | Hobbs | Lea County | 9.8% (±3.5 points) |
| 6 | Lovington | Lea County | 9.7% (±7.9 points) |
| 7 | Portales | Roosevelt County | 9.5% (±6.1 points) |
| 8 | Deming | Luna County | 9.4% (±5.6 points) |
| 9 | Alamogordo | Otero County | 9.2% (±4.2 points) |
| 10 | Aztec | San Juan County | 9.1% (±7.7 points) |
| 11 | Crownpoint | McKinley County | 8.4% (±4.5 points) |
| 12 | Rio Rancho | Sandoval County | 7.9% (±3.8 points) |
| 13 | Bernalillo | Sandoval County | 7.5% (±6.7 points) |
| 14 | Clovis | Curry County | 7.3% (±3.5 points) |
| 15 | Las Vegas | San Miguel County | 6.2% (±4.3 points) |
| 16 | Roswell | Chaves County | 6.1% (±3.3 points) |
| 17 (tie) | Albuquerque | Bernalillo County | 5.9% (±0.7 points) |
| 17 (tie) | Española | Rio Arriba County | 5.9% (±2.8 points) |
| 17 (tie) | Farmington | San Juan County | 5.9% (±2.5 points) |
| 20 | Grants | Cibola County | 5.6% (±4.8 points) |
| 21 | Carlsbad | Eddy County | 4.9% (±3.1 points) |
| 22 (tie) | Chaparral | Doña Ana County | 4.5% (±4.5 points) |
| 22 (tie) | Santa Fe | Santa Fe County | 4.5% (±1.4 points) |
| 24 | Las Cruces | Doña Ana County | 3.6% (±1.5 points) |
| 25 | South Valley | Bernalillo County | 3.5% (±3.2 points) |
| 26 | Tucumcari | Quay County | 1.7% (±3.0 points) |
| 27 | Navajo | McKinley County | 1.4% (±1.2 points) |
| 28 | Los Alamos | Los Alamos County | 1.1% (±1.9 points) |
| 29 | Gallup | McKinley County | 1.0% (±0.8 points) |
| 30 | Anthony | Doña Ana County | 0.9% (±1.5 points) |
| 31 | Shiprock | San Juan County | 0.8% (±0.9 points) |
How this ranking is built
A place is included when its own page for this figure is published as reliable: a coefficient of variation of 30% or less and enough surveyed homes.
31 places qualify; the rest are on their own pages with their margins, but not ranked here.
The ranking orders the estimates alone: where two places’ margins of error overlap, their ranks may not truly differ, and places at the same published figure share a rank.
A median published as a bound (“$3,500 or more”) is placed at the bound; its true place may be higher.
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Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates).
Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.
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Questions about New Mexico
Which place in New Mexico has the highest rental vacancy rate?
Ruidoso has the highest, 17.4% (±10.0 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
Which place in New Mexico has the lowest rental vacancy rate?
Shiprock has the lowest, 0.8% (±0.9 points).
What is the rental vacancy rate in New Mexico?
The figure for New Mexico as a whole is 5.9% (±0.4 points).
Sources
- US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates; each place’s own table is linked from its page
- Selected Housing Characteristics (DP04), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — New Mexico
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
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.
Figures last updated on .