Rio Rancho Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.

[3] The CDP is in the southern part of the county, bordered to the east and south by the city of Rio Rancho.

The southern border of the CDP partially follows the Bernalillo County line.

The community is 18 miles (29 km) north-northwest of the center of Albuquerque.

A very small section is in the Jemez Valley Public Schools.