Zip lookup · NM

87043
Placitas, New Mexico.

Placitas, Sandoval County, NM · Albuquerque, NM metro · population 4,223

What it costs per month · 87043 $3,370/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,769 (+110%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $11,284 -2%
$653,390$642,106 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $98,734 +18%
$543,372$642,106 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 87043 $3,370 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 87043$3,370
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.

Typical home values in zip 87043 fell 1.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Placitas, NM — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $642,106 as of Sep 2026
-1.7%year on year

Typical home value — 87043

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 87043 $642,106 Albuquerque $348,674 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 87043$642,106
  • Albuquerque$348,674
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.5 87122 Albuquerque 18,578 $2,216 $748,956
9.2 87001 Algodones 3,560 — $386,622
9.8 87113 Albuquerque 16,074 $2,116 $425,563
9.9 87047 Sandia Park 5,402 — $530,866
10.3 87008 Cedar Crest 2,520 — $466,725
10.3 87004 Bernalillo 11,237 — $341,374
10.6 87048 Corrales 9,069 $2,450 $705,091
11.2 87111 Albuquerque 57,085 $1,466 $417,010
12.0 87109 Albuquerque 39,324 $1,394 $377,722
13.7 87112 Albuquerque 44,250 $1,387 $320,551
14.7 87110 Albuquerque 39,685 $1,434 $318,887
14.9 87114 Albuquerque 70,117 $1,710 $374,661
15.4 87144 Rio Rancho 51,837 $2,241 $372,888
15.4 87107 Albuquerque 27,566 $1,245 $349,387
15.8 87123 Albuquerque 42,252 $1,213 $341,861
16.8 87108 Albuquerque 36,331 $962 $281,979
18.3 87104 Albuquerque 12,853 $1,730 $355,748
18.4 87102 Albuquerque 20,123 $1,133 $245,279
19.2 87010 Cerrillos 1,135 — $383,661
19.9 87124 Rio Rancho 58,499 $1,688 $348,597

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.