Housing in West Mesa at a glance
- Population
- 40,016
- Housing units
- about 18,225
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $283,000Albuquerque: $291,500 (-3%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,390 a monthAlbuquerque: $1,145 (+22%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 77.5%Albuquerque: 61.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 13.7%
- Median year built
- 1996
Owners are the story in West Mesa: 77.5% of households, the highest share in Albuquerque, 15.7 points over the city. Its home values, meanwhile, are middling, $283,000 or 3% under the city, sixth-highest of ten. Rents do not follow that pattern: renters pay $1,390, second-highest of the ten and 22% above the city-wide median. The housing is recent, with just 13.7% of it older than 1980 and dwellings at the midpoint dating to 1996. Southwest Mesa shows a similarly high ownership of 74.7%, whereas Central ABQ shows 43.5% and Near North Valley 69.5%. West Mesa sits west of the population centre, where 42,568 people occupy 18,225 dwellings, 13,381 of them owner-occupied and 3,876 rented.
Questions about West Mesa
What is the median home value in West Mesa, Albuquerque?
$283,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $291,500 for Albuquerque as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in West Mesa?
$1,390 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,145 in Albuquerque (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in West Mesa own or rent?
Most own: 77.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 61.8% in Albuquerque (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 10 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city. Boundaries used: City of Albuquerque GIS (AGIS), Community Planning Areas (consulted 2026-11-02).
West Mesa is one of the 10 most populous community planning areas (of 12) of Albuquerque: population 40,016 (CPADemographicData2018, table G00013_Population_2018 (City of Albuquerque AGIS Division / Planning Department; sources AGIS, MRCOG, US Census Bureau)).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Albuquerque as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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