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Rio Rancho, NM vs Gallup, NM

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Highlights
- Household income in Gallup, is 23% less than it is in Rio Rancho and is 27% below the National Average.
- Rio Rancho unemployment rate is 7.6%.
- Gallup unemployment rate is 10.7%.

Economy
 Rio Rancho, NMGallup, NMUnited States
 Unemployment Rate7.6%10.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth3.4%1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.9%24.7%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.7%8.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.9%4.9%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$31,797$23,912$37,638
 Household Income$70,615$54,537$69,021
 Family Median Income$78,611$60,758$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Rio Rancho, NMGallup, NMUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K5.5%19.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.6%2.9%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.9%7.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.9%8.6%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K10.7%6.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K9.4%10.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K12.1%11.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K15.7%15.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K19.3%10.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.9%3.0%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K5.0%4.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Rio Rancho, NMGallup, NMUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.7%15.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.7%4.7%6.5%
 Community, social services2.2%2.5%1.8%
 Legal1.6%1.3%1.2%
 Education, library6.3%9.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.0%1.4%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.2%10.0%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.9%3.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement3.3%1.8%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving4.8%5.6%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.9%5.1%3.6%
 Personal care2.0%2.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support27.1%22.9%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair9.6%4.0%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving8.5%10.4%13.1%

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Reviews for Rio Rancho    21 Reviews

I have lived in the area for the past three years with my husband. Although vastly better than Albuquerque, this is not a safe area. We have had overt and petty crime on  More

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The pros: -Fairly good year-round weather. Sunny days outnumber cloudy days, there are days when the temps fall below freezing and the sun will still be shining. It's  More

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Over 4 years ago

Affordable housing, low crime (compared to Albuquerque), awesome weather with all 4 seasons, beautiful environment and some pretty awesome people. I love Rio Rancho,  More

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Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 12 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 13 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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87124 87144
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