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Gallina, New Mexico in 2024Photo: Highlightwiki · CC BY 4.0
–Not graded
Cost of living in Gallina · Census 2020–24 · HUD 2026

Renting in Gallina: a two-bedroom costs about $970

Gallina is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).

Zillow and Redfin publish no market figures here. How TownRatings grades cost of living

Typical home value
$196K
NM $248K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$432
NM $1,731

What kind of housing town is Gallina?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Cost of living grade

Why Gallina isn’t graded

The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.

–Home pricesCensus figure available
–Property taxCensus figure available
–Households stretched29 renter households (the grade needs 200)
–RentNo Census median rent

How TownRatings grades cost of living →

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,440
25%
of households rent · NM 30%
29
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Rio Arriba County, NM): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Property taxes

Property tax runs below the New Mexico norm

The median bill is $432 (New Mexico: $1,731), 0.22% of a home’s value a year, against 0.70% statewide.

$432
median bill a year · NM $1,731
0.22%
of a home’s value a year · NM 0.70%

Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.

Next door

Gallina and its neighbors

One source per column.

Cost next door · one source per column

TownCostTypical home
Zillow, latest
Median value
Census 2020–24
Tax rate
bill ÷ value
2-bed rent
HUD 2026
Gallina–—$196K0.22%$970

“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents). “—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures.

Questions about the cost of living in Gallina

How much is rent in Gallina?

HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $970 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in.

What are property taxes in Gallina?

The median bill is $432 a year, 0.22% of the median home value (New Mexico: $1,731, 0.70%), from the Census 2020–24.

Why doesn’t Gallina have a cost of living grade?

Gallina is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).

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What Gallina buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.