Zip lookup · NM

87544
Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Los Alamos, Los Alamos County, NM · Los Alamos, NM metro · population 13,598

What it costs per month · 87544 $3,017/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,659 (+122%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $6,581 -1%
$581,401$574,819 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $116,565 +25%
$458,255$574,819 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 87544 $3,017 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 87544$3,017
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 87544 fell 1.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Sandoval County, NM 58% · Los Alamos County, NM 42%

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

Asking rent $2,517 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $574,819 as of Sep 2026
-1.1%year on year

Asking rent — 87544

Against the Los Alamos, NM metro and the national benchmark.

$2,000 $2,200 $2,400 $2,600 2026 87544 $2,517 Los Alamos $2,554 United States $1,932
$2,000 $2,200 $2,400 $2,600 2026
  • 87544$2,517
  • Los Alamos$2,554
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 87544

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 87544 $574,819 Los Alamos $579,411 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 87544$574,819
  • Los Alamos$579,411
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.6 87547 White Rock 5,837 — $591,521
10.1 87083 Cochiti Lake 476 — $272,589
12.8 87041 Pena Blanca 691 — $276,422
16.4 87507 Santa Fe 51,386 $1,877 $454,005
17.2 87025 Jemez Springs 1,299 — $344,883
17.9 87532 Espanola 18,948 — $350,277
19.6 87044 Ponderosa 289 — $284,031
19.8 87506 Santa Fe 16,372 $2,608 $1,098,763

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