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Cost of living in Santa Teresa, New Mexico

Santa Teresa, New Mexico has about 6,041 people. Typical rent is $1,356 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $63,161 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 $1,356 a month.

Santa Teresa is a Census community, not a separate city government in New Mexico. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $63,161 a year.

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People
6,041
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,356
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$63,161
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$215,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,073
Las Cruces, NM MSA

Santa Teresa, New Mexico has about 6,041 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $215,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Doña Ana County is $1,073 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Santa Teresa. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Las Cruces, NM metro area, prices sit at 90.2 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 Santa Teresa'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 Santa Teresa'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, 15 have higher typical rent than Santa Teresa.

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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.