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New Mexico
Sandoval County
Rio Rancho

Housing permits · New Mexico

Rio Rancho, NM building permits: new housing

971 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -28% on the year before, with $174M of construction value.

971
Housing units, last 12 months-28% vs. prior 12: $174M
Construction value: 0%
In 5+ unit buildings0 units: 9.7
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 99,883

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Albuquerque1,563
Los Lunas village233
Bernalillo County Unincorporated Area149

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Sandoval County989
Albuquerque NM2,943
New Mexico7,944

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	82 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	337 units	216 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	71 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	100 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	98 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	173 units	96 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	88 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	106 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	107 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	68 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	76 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	49 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	48 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	33 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	55 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	55 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	87 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	80 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	78 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	78 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	80 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	95 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	54 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	228 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	971	971	$174M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	0	0	—

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	1,001	96	$192M
2024	1,252	216	$261M
2023	1,255	250	$230M

Key facts

Rio Rancho, NM permitted 971 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $174,490,038 in construction value.
That is -28% compared with the 12 months before (1,355 units).
971 were single-family homes and 0 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (0 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $179,701.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 228 units were permitted.
It ranked #3 of 29 permit-issuing places in New Mexico by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 1,001 units were permitted ($192M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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