Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Rio Rancho population, 2020 to 2024

Rio Rancho added 8,083 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,868. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Rio Rancho is 9.6 times that size.

Rio Rancho covers 103.36 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 1,089 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Rio Rancho is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Rio Rancho spans

Rio Rancho crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 112,524 residents as follows; Sandoval County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rio Rancho

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rio Rancho by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 87121, 87124, 87144. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Rio Rancho is

The Census internal point of Rio Rancho is at 35.285100, -106.698900. Santa Fe, the capital, is 50.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Albuquerque, NM (560,326 people), 12.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,680 m (5,512 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Rio Rancho

At 35.29° N, Rio Rancho gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Rio Rancho daylight page.

Places near Rio Rancho

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Corrales, 5.1 miles away, with 8,530 people.