
New Mexico · FIPS 35001
Bernalillo ZIP codes — Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Quick answer
Bernalillo County is home to 674,357 residents with a median household income of $66,514 and a median home value of $268,500. 64.3% of households own their home and 15.8% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Bernalillo ZIP code? 24 ZIP code areas fall inside Bernalillo County, New Mexico, listed in full below.
- Population
- 674,357Bernalillo County residents
- Median household income
- $66,514Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $268,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,087Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 64.3%Owner-occupied households
Bernalillo County, NM in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Bernalillo County is a major city in New Mexico, with 674,357 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 39.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Bernalillo County earn a median of $66,514 a year, 15.3% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 15.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Bernalillo County is valued at $268,500, 11.5% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,087 a month, 22.7% below the national figure, or roughly $13,044 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.
ZIP codes in Bernalillo County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Bernalillo County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in New Mexico
Largest Census places in New Mexico by population.
- Albuquerque city 562,488
- Las Cruces city 112,612
- Rio Rancho city 106,533
- Santa Fe city 88,224
- Roswell city 47,823
- Farmington city 46,339
- Hobbs city 39,887
- Clovis city 38,153
- South Valley CDP 36,605
- Carlsbad city 31,813
- Alamogordo city 31,063
- Gallup city 21,333
Nearby counties
Other counties in New Mexico.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Bernalillo County?
- Bernalillo County has 674,357 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Bernalillo County?
- Median household income in Bernalillo County is $66,514 a year, 15.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bernalillo County?
- Median gross rent is $1,087 a month and the median home value is $268,500, so rent absorbs about 19.6% of median household income.
- Is Bernalillo County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bernalillo County is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Bernalillo County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.