Peralta is a town in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 4.4 square miles (11 km2), all land.

Peralta was the site of the Battle of Peralta, a minor engagement near the end of Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley's 1862 New Mexico Campaign during the Civil War.

There were 1,413 housing units at an average density of 320.8 per square mile (123.9/km2).

16.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.