New Mexico · County property tax · ACS 2024
Sandoval County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Sandoval County pays $2,296 a year, an effective rate of 0.73%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,296
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.73%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +15%
- vs U.S. average
- #4 of 33
- rank in NM
The verdict
Homeowners in Sandoval County pay a median $2,296 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.73%, more affordable than 56% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,296
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.73%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1364 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +15%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($313,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for New Mexico. Population: 153,604. Owner-occupied homes: 47,530.
The median annual property tax in Sandoval County is $2,296, which is 33% higher than the New Mexico state average and 15% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.73% on a median home value of $313,800. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Sandoval County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Sandoval County's 0.73% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 56%).
Decision signal 2
Low among New Mexico counties by effective rate
Sandoval County ranks #4 of 33 counties in New Mexico by effective rate (88% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits above the New Mexico median
Homeowners in Sandoval County pay a median annual property tax of $2,296, notably higher than the national median and well above the New Mexico state median. On a $313,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.73% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Sandoval County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $86,636 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Sandoval County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
A falling rate took the edge off
Sandoval County's effective rate fell 15.5% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 48.2%, leaving the median bill 25.3% higher at $2,296. That rate move is larger than the one in 66% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 25% from $1,833 to $2,296. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 13,127 of 47,530 owner-occupied homes (27.6%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 2.7% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Sandoval County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Sandoval County homeowners, 13,127 of 47,530 owner-occupied homes (27.6%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 7.6% (3,631)
- $800 to $1,499 14.8% (7,028)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.9% (7,064)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.7% (11,250)
- $3,000 or more 27.6% (13,127)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
5,430 homes here (11.4%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how New Mexico handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Sandoval County, mortgaged homeowners pay 22% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Sandoval County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Sandoval County's effective rate is higher than 88% of the 33 counties in New Mexico - ranking #4 of 33.
Where Sandoval County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.73% more affordable than 56% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Sandoval County moved from $1,833 in the 2020 release to $2,296 in 2024, a change of about 25%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Sandoval County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Sandoval County | New Mexico Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.7% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Sandoval County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · New Mexico counties.
Sandoval County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,296 +6.9% | 0.73% |
| 2023 | $2,147 +5.1% | 0.76% |
| 2022 | $2,042 +7.4% | 0.79% |
| 2021 | $1,902 +3.8% | 0.86% |
| 2020 | $1,833 | 0.87% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Sandoval County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Sandoval County's effective rate
On effective rate, Sandoval County sits nearest Ralls County (MO), New Madrid County (MO), Lafayette County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Sullivan County (TN), Sheridan County (NE), Louisa County (VA).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Sandoval County: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 5,120 of 74,880 returns from Sandoval County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,224 - 38% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Sandoval County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Sandoval County, New Mexico?
- The median annual property tax in Sandoval County is $2,296, an effective rate of 0.73% on a $313,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Sandoval County?
- Sandoval County, New Mexico scores D (43/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is rate relief at C (0.73%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- How does Sandoval County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Sandoval County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.73% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Sandoval County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Sandoval County jumped 25.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,833 to $2,296, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Sandoval County?
- Property taxes in Sandoval County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $86,636 median household income.
What to do with Sandoval County's UNDER rate
Inside New Mexico, Sandoval County's $2,296 median bill runs high versus the state median - compare the rest of the state before judging the burden. New Mexico overview →
Sandoval County ranks #4 of 33 New Mexico counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. New Mexico overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Sandoval County's UNDER effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.73%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,296/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Sandoval County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Sandoval County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Archer County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sandoval County at $2,296/yr; rate 1.21% vs Sandoval County 0.73%.
Indiana County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,297/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.50% vs Sandoval County 0.73%.
Van Zandt County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,298/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.03% vs Sandoval County 0.73%.
Ford County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,300/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.52% vs Sandoval County 0.73%.
New Mexico county set
State ACS overview for every published New Mexico county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Sandoval County stamps UNDER · MID - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Sandoval County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.