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Counties With the Highest Household Income in New Mexico (2026)

Los Alamos has the highest household income of any county in New Mexico, at $147,139, followed by Sandoval and Santa Fe (data vintage 2020-2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: Census ACS 5-Year

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Highest counties for household income in New Mexico

Top 25 of 33 counties with data.

Ranked by median household income (Census ACS 5-Year, 2020-2024), highest first.

Highest counties for household income in New Mexico
RankCountyValue
1Los Alamos$147,139
2Sandoval$86,636
3Santa Fe$79,071
4Eddy$78,426
5Bernalillo$69,473
6Lea$68,015
7De Baca$64,059
8Taos$58,950
9Valencia$58,933
10Torrance$57,842
11Curry$57,309
12Rio Arriba$57,155
13Doña Ana$56,848
14Otero$55,876
15San Juan$55,872
16Mora$53,663
17Colfax$53,554
18Lincoln$53,303
19Chaves$52,938
20Roosevelt$52,685
21Cibola$50,759
22Catron$49,864
23San Miguel$49,431
24Hidalgo$48,882
25Harding$48,553

How this ranking works

This page ranks New Mexico counties by median household income, sorted so the highest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For household income, a higher value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the highest. Want to weigh household income against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of median household income.

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