Electric companies in Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Santa Fe County, NM on the map

Housing and heating in Santa Fe County, NM

Santa Fe County, NM: 26,042 of 77,686 homes were built before 1980 and 21,691 in 2000 or later. Santa Fe County, NM has 49,215 detached houses, 7,804 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 10,348 mobile homes, and 20,375 of 69,348 households rent.

Facts about Santa Fe County, NM

Residents of Santa Fe County, NM, ACS 2023

155,1753 of 33 New Mexico counties

Households in Santa Fe County, NM

69,3482.24 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Santa Fe County, NM

70.6%48,973 owner and 20,375 renter households

Median household income in Santa Fe County, NM

$74,6894 of 33 New Mexico counties

Housing units in Santa Fe County, NM

77,6868,338 vacant or seasonal, 10.7% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Santa Fe County, NM

17.5%12,115 homes, 16 of 33 New Mexico counties

Utilities listed for Santa Fe County, NM

33 with a home price: Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc, Public Service Co of NM, Central New Mexico El Coop, Inc

Lowest home price in Santa Fe County, NM

15.36 ¢/kWhJemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc, 10.5% below the highest

Highest home price in Santa Fe County, NM

17.16 ¢/kWhCentral New Mexico El Coop, Inc

Monthly bill gap in Santa Fe County, NM

$12between the two at 654 kWh, $141 a year, 0.19% of the Santa Fe County, NM median income

ZIP areas touching Santa Fe County, NM

1587010 to 87573

Outage-linked storm events in Santa Fe County, NM

375NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Santa Fe County, NM

33.5%median year built 1989

Flood claims in Santa Fe County, NM

20NFIP 2015 to 2025, $732K paid

Home energy burden in Santa Fe County, NM

1.9%$845 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Santa Fe County, NM

Public Service Co of NM charged Santa Fe County, NM homes 13.41 ¢/kWh in 2015. Santa Fe County, NM: 15.57 ¢ in 2024, 16% up. Santa Fe County, NM: against 14% up for the New Mexico average.

Santa Fe County, NM: a 654 kWh month at that price. Santa Fe County, NM: $88 in 2015, $102 in 2024. Santa Fe County, NM: $1,222 a year, 1.6% of the $74,689 median income.

Electric utilities in Santa Fe County, NM

Prices are statewide utility averages, not a county price.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Santa Fe County, NM

Compare Santa Fe County, NM with its neighbours

• Los Alamos County sits 21 miles northwest of Santa Fe County, NM, with 19,374 residents against 155,175 there, 51 storm events against 375, median home built 1974 against 1989, energy burden 1.1% against 1.9%, income $143,188 against $74,689.
• Sandoval County sits 36 miles west of Santa Fe County, NM, with 151,538 residents against 155,175 there, 313 storm events against 375, median home built 1996 against 1989, energy burden 1.9% against 1.9%, income $84,053 against $74,689.
• Bernalillo County sits 48 miles southwest of Santa Fe County, NM, with 674,357 residents against 155,175 there, 285 storm events against 375, median home built 1982 against 1989, energy burden 1.9% against 1.9%, income $66,514 against $74,689.
• Torrance County sits 59 miles south of Santa Fe County, NM, with 15,290 residents against 155,175 there, 352 storm events against 375, median home built 1986 against 1989, energy burden 3.9% against 1.9%, income $46,250 against $74,689.
• Rio Arriba County sits 68 miles north of Santa Fe County, NM, with 40,165 residents against 155,175 there, 203 storm events against 375, median home built 1983 against 1989, energy burden 3.4% against 1.9%, income $53,901 against $74,689.

Cost of living with electricity in Santa Fe County, NM

Santa Fe County, NM: electricity $845 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $1,753, 1.9% of $94,291 income. 67,866 households in Santa Fe County, NM spend about $57.3 million a year on electricity and $119.0 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Santa Fe County, NM ($15,328 a year) spend 9.4% of income, 5.0 times the all-home figure.

Outage risk in Santa Fe County, NM

Santa Fe County, NM, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 375 in all, 241.7 per 100,000 residents of 155,175, rank 2 of 33 New Mexico counties. Property damage in Santa Fe County, NM: $3.4M, with 5 direct injuries or deaths.

Santa Fe County, NM, no score or events: hurricane and tropical storm.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Santa Fe County, NM

Santa Fe County, NM: 20 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $732K paid, median paid claim $49,778.

388 of 67,925 residential structures in Santa Fe County, NM carry an NFIP contract. 463 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Santa Fe County, NM on 8 Sep 2026.

Santa Fe County, NM: claims history, not an outage count.

Santa Fe County, NM: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Santa Fe County, NM: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Santa Fe County, NM

Santa Fe County, NM totals 5,864 heating degree days and 401 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Santa Fe County, NM is the 9th coldest of 33 counties in New Mexico: 5,864 against a median of 4,510. For cooling, Santa Fe County, NM is the 26th hottest: 401 against a median of 844.

Santa Fe County, NM is a cold-winter county, with 5,463 more heating than cooling degree days.

Santa Fe County, NM: 5,608 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 5,864 on the normal, 4% under.

In Santa Fe County, NM, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 17.5% of 69,348, in a 5,864 degree-day climate.

Santa Fe County, NM: ACS B25040, 69,348 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Cities in Santa Fe County, NM

• Santa Fe electricity rates88,224 residents

ZIP codes in Santa Fe County, NM

• 87010
• 87015
• 87047
• 87056
• 87501
• 87505
• 87506
• 87507
• 87508
• 87522
• 87532
• 87535
• 87540
• 87567
• 87573