Cheapest Cities in New Mexico
Most affordable cities in New Mexico (population > 5,000) ranked by cost of living index.
| # |
City |
Cost Index |
Income |
Rent |
Population |
| 1 |
Zuni Pueblo
|
56 |
$43,021 |
$565/mo |
6,132 |
| 2 |
Anthony
|
57 |
$33,141 |
$550/mo |
8,701 |
| 3 |
Deming
|
60 |
$35,920 |
$596/mo |
14,735 |
| 4 |
Tucumcari
|
60 |
$39,915 |
$751/mo |
5,197 |
| 5 |
Shiprock
|
60 |
$41,563 |
$693/mo |
8,339 |
| 6 |
Truth or Consequences
|
62 |
$29,142 |
$676/mo |
6,026 |
| 7 |
Grants
|
65 |
$49,286 |
$750/mo |
9,106 |
| 8 |
Socorro
|
66 |
$51,343 |
$675/mo |
8,540 |
| 9 |
Las Vegas
|
66 |
$42,732 |
$731/mo |
13,120 |
| 10 |
Chaparral
|
66 |
$46,102 |
$874/mo |
16,642 |
| 11 |
Raton
|
67 |
$52,007 |
$734/mo |
6,013 |
| 12 |
Aztec
|
67 |
$42,699 |
$765/mo |
6,177 |
| 13 |
Roswell
|
69 |
$50,294 |
$840/mo |
47,823 |
| 14 |
Gallup
|
69 |
$57,466 |
$858/mo |
21,333 |
| 15 |
Bloomfield
|
69 |
$51,212 |
$831/mo |
7,391 |
| 16 |
Portales
|
69 |
$51,290 |
$870/mo |
12,023 |
| 17 |
Sunland Park
|
71 |
$52,147 |
$770/mo |
17,085 |
| 18 |
Silver City
|
71 |
$39,025 |
$851/mo |
9,574 |
| 19 |
Belen
|
72 |
$40,354 |
$877/mo |
7,427 |
| 20 |
Alamogordo
|
72 |
$52,515 |
$886/mo |
31,063 |
| 21 |
Clovis
|
74 |
$54,029 |
$947/mo |
38,153 |
| 22 |
Española
|
75 |
$47,664 |
$832/mo |
10,472 |
| 23 |
Artesia
|
76 |
$77,647 |
$875/mo |
12,555 |
| 24 |
Lovington
|
78 |
$67,284 |
$1,063/mo |
11,444 |
| 25 |
Las Cruces
|
78 |
$55,176 |
$946/mo |
112,612 |
| 26 |
South Valley
|
78 |
$51,062 |
$942/mo |
36,605 |
| 27 |
Ruidoso
|
79 |
$50,259 |
$924/mo |
7,701 |
| 28 |
Farmington
|
79 |
$63,745 |
$993/mo |
46,339 |
| 29 |
El Cerro Mission
|
80 |
$49,719 |
$1,289/mo |
5,101 |
| 30 |
Hobbs
|
81 |
$65,691 |
$1,132/mo |
39,887 |
| 31 |
Edgewood
|
84 |
$81,227 |
$938/mo |
6,122 |
| 32 |
Carlsbad
|
84 |
$78,277 |
$1,206/mo |
31,813 |
| 33 |
Bernalillo
|
84 |
$61,624 |
$1,061/mo |
9,068 |
| 34 |
North Hobbs
|
85 |
$89,279 |
$1,109/mo |
6,099 |
| 35 |
Los Lunas
|
87 |
$63,696 |
$1,157/mo |
17,932 |
| 36 |
Santa Teresa
|
87 |
$60,759 |
$1,259/mo |
5,973 |
| 37 |
Albuquerque
|
88 |
$65,604 |
$1,085/mo |
562,488 |
| 38 |
North Valley
|
89 |
$67,115 |
$1,063/mo |
11,474 |
| 39 |
Taos
|
95 |
$46,579 |
$915/mo |
6,468 |
| 40 |
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
|
99 |
$70,801 |
$990/mo |
5,869 |
| 41 |
Rio Rancho
|
100 |
$85,755 |
$1,481/mo |
106,533 |
| 42 |
Santa Fe
|
109 |
$70,110 |
$1,380/mo |
88,224 |
| 43 |
Los Alamos
|
110 |
$136,502 |
$1,304/mo |
13,471 |
| 44 |
White Rock
|
111 |
$150,714 |
— |
5,568 |
| 45 |
Corrales
|
114 |
$114,207 |
$1,184/mo |
8,557 |
| 46 |
Eldorado at Santa Fe
|
142 |
$96,692 |
$2,132/mo |
5,746 |