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Housing in Alcalde

A typical Alcalde home is worth roughly $250,000

Typical home value
$250K
NM $318K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$893
NM $1,731

What kind of housing town is Alcalde?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Alcalde

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You could afford about
$256,000
Typical Alcalde home $250K

That covers a typical Alcalde home, with $6K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,460
Loan $1,240Tax $150Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $490 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the New Mexico typical property tax (0.70% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $1,425.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,440
25%
of households rent · NM 30%
11
renter households
$1,425
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Rio Arriba County, NM): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

75% of Alcalde households own their home

Half of Alcalde’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters
Own 75%Rent 25%

New Mexico: 70% own.

1989
typical home built · NM 1985
$893
median property tax bill · NM $1,731
3%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Alcalde vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Alcalde. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Alcalde$250K*—$970$48,000
La Villita$254K*—$970$104,162

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

On the market in Alcalde

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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