Bloomfield, New Mexico.
Typical home $256,100 (+8.3% in a year). Farmington, NM metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$608 (+83%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,686 +8%
- $236,414$256,100 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $45,262 +21%
- $210,837$256,100 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.
- Bloomfield$1,344
- New Mexico$1,658
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Bloomfield, NM rose 8.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bloomfield, San Juan County, New Mexico
Bloomfield is a city of 7,421 people in San Juan County. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in San Juan County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bloomfield is a city in San Juan County, in the northwest corner of New Mexico. It is a young place, with a median age well below what older homeowners may be used to, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Poverty is more common here than in much of the country, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are hot, with July the warmest. Snow is light and the climate is dry, with little rain or melted snow over the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, shops, and farming, forestry and mining. Among the largest workplaces in Bloomfield are Bloomfield Schools, Kelley Oilfield Services and the Indian Health Service. Across San Juan County, unemployment has risen over the past year, though the county has added jobs. The typical commute is short, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. The area is rich in ancient history. Aztec Ruins National Monument, an archaeological site, and Salmon Ruins, another archaeological site, are both a short drive away, as is the Aztec Ruins Administration Building-Museum. A longer drive brings you to Angel Peak Scenic Area, a protected area of dramatic badlands scenery.
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- 2,620households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 26%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. San Juan County had 47,793 jobs in 2025, 2.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 62°. About 7 inches of snow and 8 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bloomfield Southeast weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bloomfield
- Bloomfield SchoolsSchool district394FTE
- Kelley Oilfield ServicesOil and gas field services on a contract basis179
- Twin Stars CompresssionOil and gas field services on a contract basis81
- Indian Health ServiceFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services44
- Calgon CarbonVessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing41
- City of Bloomfield Police DepartmentPolice departments26
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 327 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bloomfield’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on San Juan County and the Farmington, NM metro.
Bloomfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bloomfield$256,100
- New Mexico$315,812
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Bloomfield listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Bloomfield17.54%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bloomfield24
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bloomfield7
Zip codes with a Bloomfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bloomfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.