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Cost of living in Sundance · Census 2020–24 · HUD 2026

Renting in Sundance: a two-bedroom costs about $1,120

Sundance 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
$53K
NM $248K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,120
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Sundance?

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

Your money goes further79% below the New Mexico typical home.
A town of owners93% of households own their home.
Cost of living grade

Why Sundance 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. Here only the home value is left.

–Home pricesCensus figure available
–Property taxNo Census tax bill
–Households stretched4 renter households (the grade needs 200)
–RentNo Census median rent

Next door, Gallup grades C− for cost of living, with a typical home of $217K (Zillow, September 2026).

How TownRatings grades cost of living →

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770
1 bedroom$920
2 bedrooms$1,120
3 bedrooms$1,340
4 bedrooms$1,480
7%
of households rent · NM 30%
4
renter households

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

Next door

Sundance vs. its neighbors

Zillow publishes no value for Sundance. Church Rock has no Zillow value, so it is in the table only.

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
Sundance–—$53K—$1,120
GallupC−$217K$165K1.03%$1,110
Church RockA—$39K—$1,100

“—” 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 Sundance

How much is rent in Sundance?

HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,120 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in.

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

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

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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.