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Rio Rancho Estates CDP, New Mexico: commercial real estate data.
Rio Rancho Estates CDP is a Census CDP of 1,571 people across 68.35 square miles of land, in Sandoval County. Median household income is $91,635, 91.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Rio Rancho Estates
What Rio Rancho Estates is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area68.35 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land23 plus or minus 7
- County holding the largest share of its areaSandoval County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Rio Rancho Estates
- Population1,571 plus or minus 467
- Median age46.5
- Population under 18134 plus or minus 82
- Share under 188.5 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over118 plus or minus 60
- Share 65 and over7.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households536 plus or minus 167
- Family households378 plus or minus 111
- Share of households that are families70.5 percent plus or minus 30.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Rio Rancho Estates
- Median household income$91,635 plus or minus $49,974
- Per capita income$33,910 plus or minus $9,463
- Civilian labor force958 plus or minus 324
- Employed923 plus or minus 315
- Unemployed35 plus or minus 39
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over1,252 plus or minus 413
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher77.1 percent plus or minus 33.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.0 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.2 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Rio Rancho Estates
- Housing units605 plus or minus 171
- Occupied units536 plus or minus 167
- Vacant units69 plus or minus 80
- Vacancy rate11.4 percent plus or minus 12.8
- Owner occupied489 plus or minus 168
- Renter occupied47 plus or minus 52
- Ownership rate91.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$153,500 plus or minus $57,057
- Single family units265 plus or minus 135
- Share single family43.8 percent plus or minus 18.5
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes340 plus or minus 116
- Median year structure built1998
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Rio Rancho Estates gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute801 plus or minus 285
- Commuting under 15 minutes99 plus or minus 84
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.4 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more576 plus or minus 187
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more71.9 percent plus or minus 34.6
- Drove alone69.4 percent plus or minus 16.6
- Carpooled15.8 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home13.2 percent plus or minus 10.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Rio Rancho Estates (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$6,484,000
- Average approval$810,500
- Median approval$365,000
- Largest approval$2,362,000
- Jobs supported170
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sandoval County, not Rio Rancho Estates
Sandoval County context, not Rio Rancho Estates figures
These are Sandoval County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rio Rancho Estates measurements.
- Establishments in Sandoval County1,928
- Employment at those establishments, Sandoval County27,552
- Covered employment, Sandoval County35,653
- Average annual pay, Sandoval County$60,474
- Average weekly wage, Sandoval County$1,163
- Housing units permitted, Sandoval County1,278
- Of those, single family, Sandoval County1,040
- County product, 2024, Sandoval County$6,129,161,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sandoval County13.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sandoval County$74,628
Every figure in this section is published for Sandoval County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rio Rancho Estates. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Rio Rancho Estates questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rio Rancho Estates, New Mexico?
1,571, in 536 households. Rio Rancho Estates CDP covers 68.35 square miles of land, which is 23 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rio Rancho Estates in?
Sandoval County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Rio Rancho Estates?
$91,635. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $153,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Rio Rancho Estates figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sandoval County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Rio Rancho Estates.
Is zoning published for Rio Rancho Estates?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.