New Mexico · Census place 75640
Sunland Park city, NM
Quick answer
Sunland Park city has 17,085 residents, ranking #14 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $52,147, the median home is worth $194,900 and median gross rent runs $770 a month.
- Population
- 17,085Sunland Park city residents
- Median household income
- $52,147Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $194,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $770Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 31.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 81.9%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Sunland Park city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Sunland Park city median would spend about 17.7% 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 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25.1% of residents and 81.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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