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The median home value in Rio Rancho, NM is $364,155 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.51% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$364,155
Year-over-Year
+0.51%
Population
112,817
Rio Rancho ranks #6 of 27 New Mexico cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 43.2% above the state's city median of $254,309. It sits in Sandoval County, where the county-wide median is $377,236.
Median household income in Rio Rancho is $89,596, so the typical home value is about 4.1× 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).
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).
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 $364,155. That's up 0.51% from a year earlier. It is about 43.2% above the typical New Mexico city tracked here.
Homes in Rio Rancho are cheaper than Sandoval County as a whole, where the median is $377,236 — a difference of about 3.5%.
Median household income here is $89,596, so the typical home value is about 4.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
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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