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Housing in Monterey Park

A typical Monterey Park home is worth roughly $56,000

Home prices around Monterey Park have risen about 63% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$56K
▲ 6.6% in a year · NM $318K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,530
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$393
NM $1,731

What kind of housing town is Monterey Park?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

Less than across New Mexico (5 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$112,000
Typical Monterey Park home $56K

That covers a typical Monterey Park home, with $56K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$330
Loan $280Tax $30Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,530 a month here, $1,200 more 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, Monterey Park’s 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.

Price trend

Home prices up 63% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Monterey Park rose 63% over the past 5 years, faster than across New Mexico (50%). Last year prices rose 6.6%.

Monterey Park areaNew Mexico
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+6.6%
past year
+63%
past 5 years
+97%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Monterey Park, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

The homes

91% of Monterey Park households own their home

Half of Monterey Park’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters
Own 91%Rent 9%

New Mexico: 70% own.

1981
typical home built · NM 1985
$393
median property tax bill · NM $1,731
0.70%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NM 0.70%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,530

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,050
1 bedroom$1,240
2 bedrooms$1,530
3 bedrooms$2,130
4 bedrooms$2,510
9%
of households rent · NM 30%
17
renter households

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

Next door

Monterey Park vs. its neighbors

Monterey Park is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Monterey Park$56K*+6.6%†$1,530$28,162
Las Maravillas$230K*+6.6%†$1,530$63,375
El Cerro Mission$115K*+6.6%†$1,530$49,470

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.

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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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