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Cost of living in Paradise Hills, New Mexico

Paradise Hills, New Mexico has about 4,591 people. Typical rent is $1,361 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $73,295 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 $1,361 a month.

Paradise Hills is a Census community, not a separate city government in New Mexico. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $73,295 a year.

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People
4,591
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,361
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$73,295
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$254,600
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,384
Albuquerque, NM MSA

Paradise Hills, New Mexico has about 4,591 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $254,600.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Bernalillo County is $1,384 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Paradise Hills. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Albuquerque, NM metro area, prices sit at 95.5 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 Paradise Hills'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 Paradise Hills'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, 13 have higher typical rent than Paradise Hills.

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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.