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Home values, rents and more in the Taos metro area

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$425,000
New Mexico: $316,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
−0.8%
New Mexico: +1.7% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,983/mo
New Mexico: $1,584 · U.S.: $1,932
Population
34,564
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$58,950
New Mexico: $64,059 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Taos metro, shaded by typical home valueTaosColfaxMoraConejos
  • Under $240k
  • $240k–$250k
  • $250k–$360k
  • $360k–$520k
  • $520k+
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Counties around the Taos metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Taos metro compares

The typical home in the Taos metro area is worth about $425,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Taos metro are 34% above the typical value in New Mexico ($316,000) and 16% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Taos metro fell 0.8%, compared with +1.7% in New Mexico and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,983 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 25% above New Mexico ($1,584) and about the same as the U.S. ($1,932).

The median household income is $58,950, against $64,059 in New Mexico and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 34,564 people live in the Taos metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Taos metro has the 130th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 3rd-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.

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