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Median Home Price in Rio Rancho, NM

The median home value in Rio Rancho, NM is $360,463, up 0.67% from a year earlier.

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City housing-data period: September 2026. City source retrieval/check time (UTC) is recorded in the feed's updated field when available, not in the housing-data period.

Checked daily for new monthly Zillow releases, not new daily prices. Income and crime data are updated separately, not by the daily housing-data check. Unavailable means observation dates are missing or invalid.

Median Home Value

$360,463

Year-over-Year

+0.67%

Population

112,817

Home value history

The typical home value decreased by 1.1%, from $364,505 in May 2026 to $360,463 in Sep 2026.

Rio Rancho, NM typical home value from May 2026 to Sep 2026

Monthly Zillow Home Value Index snapshots retained by HomePriceMap. A short history is shown now and grows automatically as each new monthly release arrives.

Rio Rancho, NM monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$364,505+0.3%
Jun 2026$365,636+0.3%
Jul 2026$364,155+0.5%
Aug 2026$361,320+0.7%
Sep 2026$360,463+0.7%

Rio Rancho ranks #6 of 27 New Mexico cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 40.8% above the state's city median of $256,100. It sits in Sandoval County, where the county-wide median is $373,280.

Housing affordability in Rio Rancho

Median household income in Rio Rancho is $89,596, so the typical home value is about 4.0× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Rio Rancho

Rio Rancho police recorded a violent crime rate of 318 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,339 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Rio Rancho

What is the average home price in Rio Rancho, NM?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Rio Rancho, that value is $360,463. That's up 0.67% from a year earlier. It is about 40.8% above the typical New Mexico city tracked here.

Is Rio Rancho expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Rio Rancho are cheaper than Sandoval County as a whole, where the median is $373,280 — a difference of about 3.4%.

Is Rio Rancho affordable?

Median household income here is $89,596, so the typical home value is about 4.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Rio Rancho a safe place to live?

Rio Rancho police reported 318 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 112,817. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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