The story of this market
The typical home in Los Alamos County, New Mexico sells for about $581,652, or $305 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-0.32%), a market in balance. Homes take about 8 days to sell, which is fast. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 148% since 2000. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,874 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,874 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
-1.5%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+16.8%). Worst: 2008 (-6.4%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+3.3%
NM · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$2,233
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
-1.5%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 4 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
35
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $5,250,083.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
86.8%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 911 | 566 | 86.8% | 4% | $315,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
The Los Alamos housing market remains highly competitive with very low inventory and rapid turnover, as evidenced by a median of 8 days on market. While year-over-year prices have seen a slight decline, the area's strong economic foundation, driven by the national laboratory, continues to support high demand. Future market conditions are expected to be influenced by the county's aggressive housing development pipeline.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 2 cities · 2 ZIP reports
Median prices moved up 18.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 32 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0.01% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.1% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 2 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Los Alamos County, New Mexico — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 8.9%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
researched Sep 29
researched Oct 1
| 87544 | Los Alamos | $569,500 | $302 | +18% | 32 | — | — | — | 49 | $2,500 | researched Sep 29 |
| 87545 | Los Alamos | $373,600 | $215 | +0.7% | 48 | 98% | 15% | 6 | 12 | $1,450 | researched Oct 1 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Los Alamos County is recognized as having the best-educated population in New Mexico, with schools consistently performing at the top of state rankings.
The area faces wildfire risks common to the high-desert mountainous terrain of Northern New Mexico, necessitating ongoing community fire-mitigation efforts.
The economy is anchored by Los Alamos National Laboratory, which drives high-income employment and significant regional economic stability. The county is currently pursuing a housing development plan to add 1,300 to 2,400 new units by 2029 to address supply constraints.
The economy is dominated by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which serves as the primary employer and anchor for the region's high median household income.
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Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Census QuickFacts V2025
applies when — Applies to residential parcels governed by a Homeowner Association (HOA) as defined by state statute.
Parcels are subject to the declaration, bylaws, and rules of the association, including the obligation to pay common expense assessments and potential liens for unpaid assessments.
NMSA 1978 § 47-16-1 et seq.
applies when — Applies to the resale of a unit within a condominium association.
The unit owner must furnish the purchaser with a resale certificate containing the declaration, bylaws, rules, and a statement of monthly common expense assessments, unpaid assessments, and other fees. The purchaser is not liable for unpaid assessments exceeding the amount disclosed in the certificate.
NMSA 1978 § 47-7D-9.
Tax is calculated by applying a tax rate (expressed in mills) to the net taxable value. The net taxable value is defined as one-third (33.33%) of the taxable value of the property. The taxable value is generally the market value, subject to statutory limitations on annual valuation increases for residential property. The total tax obligation is the product of the net taxable value and the sum of applicable local and state mill levies.
NMSA 1978 § 7-36-21.2; Property Tax Facts 2021, New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.