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The median home value in Taos, NM is $436,273 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.85% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$436,273
Year-over-Year
-0.85%
Population
6,406
Taos ranks #4 of 27 New Mexico cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 71.6% above the state's city median of $254,309. It sits in Taos County, where the county-wide median is $437,254.
Median household income in Taos is $47,304, so the typical home value is about 9.2× 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).
Taos police recorded a violent crime rate of 937 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 5,979 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 Taos, that value is $436,273. That's down 0.85% from a year earlier. It is about 71.6% above the typical New Mexico city tracked here.
Homes in Taos are cheaper than Taos County as a whole, where the median is $437,254 — a difference of about 0.2%.
Median household income here is $47,304, so the typical home value is about 9.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Taos police reported 937 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,406. 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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