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Cost of living in Lee Acres, New Mexico

Lee Acres, New Mexico has about 4,272 people. Typical rent is $1,077 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $44,583 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 $1,077 a month.

Lee Acres is a Census community, not a separate city government in New Mexico. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $44,583 a year.

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People
4,272
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,077
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$44,583
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$187,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,116
Farmington, NM MSA

Lee Acres, New Mexico has about 4,272 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $187,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in San Juan County is $1,116 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lee Acres. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Farmington, NM metro area, prices sit at 87.7 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 Lee Acres'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 Lee Acres's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for New Mexico in the table we use.

Among 117 places we list in New Mexico with a rent figure, 40 have higher typical rent than Lee Acres.

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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.