Home values, rents and more in the Los Alamos metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Los Alamos metro compares
The typical home in the Los Alamos metro area is worth about $579,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Los Alamos metro are 1.8 times the typical value in New Mexico ($316,000) and 1.6 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Los Alamos metro fell 0.7%, compared with +1.7% in New Mexico and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,554 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 1.6 times New Mexico ($1,584) and 32% above the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $147,139, against $64,059 in New Mexico and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 19,407 people live in the Los Alamos metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Los Alamos metro has the 46th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the highest of 17 in New Mexico with Zillow figures.
Part of: New Mexico
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.