The median home value in Portales, NM is $136,565 as of 2026-06-30, down 0.12% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$136,565
Year-over-Year
-0.12%
Population
11,772
Portales ranks #27 of 27 New Mexico cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 47.5% below the state's city median of $260,337. It sits in Roosevelt County, where the county-wide median is $147,590.
Portales police recorded a violent crime rate of 782 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,871 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Portales is $136,565. That's down 0.12% from a year earlier. That is about 47.5% below the typical county in New Mexico.
Homes in Portales are cheaper than Roosevelt County as a whole, where the median is $147,590 — a difference of about 7.5%.
Portales police reported 782 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 11,772. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.