What is the population of Bernalillo town?

Bernalillo town has 9,068 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #26 of 527 in New Mexico.

What is the median household income in Bernalillo town?

Median household income in Bernalillo town is $61,624 a year, 21.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bernalillo town?

Median gross rent is $1,061 a month and the median home value is $237,100, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.

Is Bernalillo town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bernalillo town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bernalillo, NM population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bernalillo, New Mexico (Bernalillo, NM — Census place “Bernalillo town”) is 9,068 residents, ranking #26 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $61,624, the median home is worth $237,100 and median gross rent runs $1,061 a month. Looking for the Bernalillo New Mexico ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bernalillo, NM: 87004.

Population: 9,068Bernalillo town residents
Median household income: $61,624Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $237,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,061Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 81.4%Owner-occupied households

Bernalillo ZIP codes (New Mexico)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bernalillo.

The Bernalillo NM ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

87004

What the numbers mean in Bernalillo town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bernalillo town median would spend about 20.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.7% of residents and 81.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bernalillo town, NM in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bernalillo town is a mid-size town in New Mexico, with 9,068 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #26 of 527 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 45.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bernalillo town earn a median of $61,624 a year, 21.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% above the $54,029 median for the 153 New Mexico cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bernalillo town is valued at $237,100, 21.9% below the national figure and 25% above the $190,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,061 a month, 24.5% below the national figure, or roughly $12,732 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 81.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bernalillo town?: Bernalillo town has 9,068 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #26 of 527 in New Mexico.
What is the median household income in Bernalillo town?: Median household income in Bernalillo town is $61,624 a year, 21.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bernalillo town?: Median gross rent is $1,061 a month and the median home value is $237,100, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.
Is Bernalillo town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bernalillo town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bernalillo town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.