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Cost of living in El Rancho, New Mexico

El Rancho, New Mexico has about 1,451 people. Typical rent is $1,070 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $80,417 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,070 a month.

El Rancho is a Census community, not a separate city government in New Mexico. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $80,417 a year.

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People
1,451
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,070
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$80,417
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$281,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,735
Santa Fe, NM MSA
Gas
$3.954
Gulf Coast (PADD 3), week of October 12, 2026

El Rancho, New Mexico has about 1,451 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $281,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Santa Fe County is $1,735 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in El Rancho. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Santa Fe, NM metro area, prices sit at 98.8 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

New Mexico taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not El Rancho's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical New Mexico home paid 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not El Rancho's bill.

EIA does not publish a New Mexico gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Gulf Coast (PADD 3) all-grades price was $3.954 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,897.92 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in New Mexico shares this price.

Among 117 places we list in New Mexico with a rent figure, 41 have higher typical rent than El Rancho.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.