housing costs · New Mexico
Housing costs in Los Alamos County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,375 | ± $119 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,308 | ± $110 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,235 | ± $127 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,143 | ± $60 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $495,800 | ± $24,607 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $452,500 | ± $21,619 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $412,700 | ± $20,065 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $343,100 | ± $15,548 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 18.6 % | ± 2.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 16.8 % | ± 3.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 17.5 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 18.0 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Los Alamos County is $1,375, above the New Mexico median of $872 across 33 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.