State profile · NM

Largest Cities in New Mexico

Name: New Mexico Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Ranked by resident population across 409 tracked cities and towns in New Mexico, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

409
Cities: 1.8M
Combined city pop.: $66,027
Avg median income: 18.3%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Albuquerque is the largest of 409 tracked cities in New Mexico, which ranks #34 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Albuquerque
largest tracked city (562,488 people): #34
national rank, avg median income: 409
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

94% of New Mexico's 409 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

386
10K-99K

20
100K-999K

3

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' New Mexico coverage, with 386 of 409 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in New Mexico is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots New Mexico's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Albuquerque

562,488
Las Cruces

112,612
Rio Rancho

106,533
Santa Fe

88,224
Roswell

47,823
Farmington

46,339
Hobbs

39,887
Clovis

38,153
South Valley

36,605
Carlsbad

31,813
Alamogordo

31,063
Gallup

21,333

What this shows Albuquerque, NM is the most populous city profiled in New Mexico; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 409-row record is available as a CSV.

How New Mexico ranks nationally

Avg median income

$66,027

#34 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$231,437

#25 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

18.3%

#50 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

409

#29 of 52 · most tracked cities

New Mexico ranks #34 of 52 nationally on average median income and #50 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How New Mexico's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$231,437 48th percentile more affordable than 48% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in New Mexico

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 409 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Albuquerque	562,488	$65,604	$266,700	11.8%
2	Las Cruces	112,612	$55,176	$217,400	17.1%
3	Rio Rancho	106,533	$85,755	$273,300	6.0%
4	Santa Fe	88,224	$70,110	$411,500	10.6%
5	Roswell	47,823	$50,294	$139,200	20.5%
6	Farmington	46,339	$63,745	$225,400	12.9%
7	Hobbs	39,887	$65,691	$180,700	16.2%
8	Clovis	38,153	$54,029	$160,000	18.8%
9	South Valley	36,605	$51,062	$205,200	15.8%
10	Carlsbad	31,813	$78,277	$187,900	8.0%
11	Alamogordo	31,063	$52,515	$163,600	13.1%
12	Gallup	21,333	$57,466	$134,600	23.7%
13	Los Lunas	17,932	$63,696	$232,700	14.6%
14	Sunland Park	17,085	$52,147	$194,900	23.3%
15	Chaparral	16,642	$46,102	$101,900	25.4%
16	Deming	14,735	$35,920	$112,800	18.7%
17	Los Alamos	13,471	$136,502	$458,200	3.9%
18	Las Vegas	13,120	$42,732	$143,900	18.3%
19	Artesia	12,555	$77,647	$213,800	11.1%
20	Portales	12,023	$51,290	$132,900	20.2%
21	North Valley	11,474	$67,115	$290,500	19.8%
22	Lovington	11,444	$67,284	$162,900	19.0%
23	Española	10,472	$47,664	$205,100	16.4%
24	Silver City	9,574	$39,025	$160,900	14.9%
25	Grants	9,106	$49,286	$123,600	30.2%
26	Bernalillo	9,068	$61,624	$237,100	13.5%
27	Anthony	8,701	$33,141	$110,800	35.8%
28	Corrales	8,557	$114,207	$549,700	4.3%
29	Socorro	8,540	$51,343	$162,400	15.3%
30	Shiprock	8,339	$41,563	$101,500	30.9%
31	Ruidoso	7,701	$50,259	$229,100	10.2%
32	Belen	7,427	$40,354	$154,600	22.9%
33	Bloomfield	7,391	$51,212	$167,800	18.5%
34	Taos	6,468	$46,579	$432,700	12.5%
35	Aztec	6,177	$42,699	$164,700	17.7%
36	Zuni Pueblo	6,132	$43,021	$79,200	34.1%
37	Edgewood	6,122	$81,227	$278,100	7.4%
38	North Hobbs	6,099	$89,279	$233,200	9.5%
39	Truth or Consequences	6,026	$29,142	$107,500	29.0%
40	Raton	6,013	$52,007	$148,200	19.8%
41	Santa Teresa	5,973	$60,759	$216,600	21.6%
42	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	5,869	$70,801	$442,100	9.5%
43	Eldorado at Santa Fe	5,746	$96,692	$542,800	4.3%
44	White Rock	5,568	$150,714	$460,100	0.9%
45	Tucumcari	5,197	$39,915	$56,400	24.0%
46	El Cerro Mission	5,101	$49,719	$101,000	16.7%
47	Rio Communities	4,924	$46,223	$200,000	14.7%
48	Paradise Hills	4,662	$74,403	$241,300	14.6%
49	Los Chaves	4,641	$81,320	$240,500	9.9%
50	Lee Acres	4,463	$50,846	$182,200	14.7%
51	Crouch Mesa	4,419	$56,676	$76,800	20.6%
52	Placitas CDP (Sandoval County)	4,375	$110,268	$520,200	0.5%
53	Holloman AFB	4,052	$51,205	N/A	11.2%
54	Bosque Farms	4,042	$63,889	$261,900	11.2%
55	Meadow Lake	3,959	$38,872	$83,500	20.0%
56	La Cienega	3,780	$68,676	$417,900	5.7%
57	Kirtland AFB	3,421	$79,301	N/A	11.0%
58	Peralta	3,385	$67,703	$275,000	8.7%
59	Vado	3,185	$29,844	$108,300	33.2%
60	El Cerro	3,093	$112,174	$291,800	2.4%
61	Sandia Heights	3,083	$151,538	$623,500	0.7%
62	Eunice	2,989	$49,795	$164,900	13.4%
63	Crownpoint	2,924	$35,926	$49,900	28.1%
64	Cannon AFB	2,876	$67,132	N/A	9.2%
65	Agua Fria	2,842	$47,438	$264,900	23.3%
66	Dulce	2,782	$41,886	$58,100	11.9%
67	Chimayo	2,726	$52,305	$214,000	24.4%
68	University Park	2,699	$25,433	N/A	34.8%
69	Clayton	2,680	$40,192	$111,500	24.1%
70	Ruidoso Downs	2,629	$31,413	$55,400	20.7%
71	Tularosa	2,584	$45,147	$117,600	17.5%
72	La Mesilla	2,531	$74,385	$266,900	3.8%
73	West Hammond	2,519	$49,795	$185,800	10.7%
74	Milan	2,473	$37,551	$71,300	20.4%
75	Santa Rosa	2,447	$41,995	$101,800	15.4%
76	Bayard	2,370	$33,269	$118,100	18.2%
77	Center Point	2,366	$49,714	$206,300	3.7%
78	Ranchos de Taos	2,348	$51,380	N/A	10.5%
79	Pojoaque	2,274	$68,188	$154,300	10.2%
80	Jemez Pueblo	2,273	$59,102	$190,000	15.5%
81	Valencia CDP (Valencia County)	2,219	$70,521	$242,400	21.7%
82	Flora Vista	2,215	$43,799	$195,200	11.7%
83	La Plata	2,185	$54,801	$187,000	25.0%
84	San Ysidro	2,179	$90,724	$306,900	6.7%
85	Santo Domingo Pueblo	2,162	$85,865	$146,100	17.7%
86	Lordsburg	2,139	$33,899	$86,100	27.0%
87	Navajo	2,133	$28,917	$52,100	50.6%
88	Questa	2,112	$41,071	$225,300	10.9%
89	Arroyo Seco	2,107	$69,917	$525,500	4.7%
90	Moriarty	2,074	$27,446	$106,600	30.9%
91	Jal	2,069	$60,703	$105,400	20.7%
92	Nambe	2,045	$45,341	$259,700	7.4%
93	Angustura	2,024	$52,948	$191,300	18.2%
94	Picacho Hills	1,995	$124,250	$438,600	7.0%
95	Boles Acres	1,967	$65,673	$194,500	6.3%
96	Jarales	1,939	$52,961	$166,100	1.6%
97	Tres Arroyos	1,870	$88,289	$702,100	0.0%
98	Mesilla	1,850	$73,681	$296,200	1.7%
99	Thoreau	1,795	$43,953	$52,900	22.7%
100	Las Campanas	1,792	$196,023	$1,502,700	6.4%

What to do with New Mexico's city data

409 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Albuquerque is New Mexico's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major NM metro. Albuquerque profile
2 tracked cities in New Mexico sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All New Mexico cities
See how New Mexico's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 409 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to New Mexico on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 1,812,183.

4 peers

Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $66,027. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

National city rankings →

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in New Mexico?

PlainCities profiles 409 cities and towns in New Mexico, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in New Mexico?

Albuquerque is the largest tracked city in New Mexico, with a population of 562,488.

What is the average household income in New Mexico?

Across the 409 tracked cities in New Mexico, the average median household income is $66,027. Individual cities vary widely - 2 tracked cities in New Mexico sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in New Mexico?

The average poverty rate across New Mexico's tracked cities is 18.3%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

Browse all city profiles → | Explore city rankings →

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCities

Verify with U.S. Census Bureau →

Every figure on PlainCities is rendered directly from Census ACS source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on Census ACS source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

Largest Cities in New Mexico

New Mexico's city-size mix

Largest cities in New Mexico

How New Mexico ranks nationally

Largest cities in New Mexico

Nationwide similar states

Similar statewide population

Similar mean household income

Frequently Asked Questions

Related