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Arenas Valley, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Arenas Valley, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,343. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ARENAS-VALLEY-NM · Arenas Valley, NM 1 ZIPs · 1,343 pop · #24259/25278 · Grant County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $37,147
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24259/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Bayard
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,343
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $173,100

Nearest income peer: Bayard, NM ( $2,670 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Arenas Valley

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Arenas Valley on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Arenas Valley, NM sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,343
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$37,147
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($37,147 average) · poverty 8.3%. The primary code (88022) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Arenas Valley as a pure owner town.

Within New Mexico, Mescalero is the closest lower-income city and Alamogordo the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Arenas Valley.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 88022, is all of Arenas Valley

There is no split to weigh here: 88022 holds every one of Arenas Valley's 1,343 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Arenas Valley

Citywide ZBP: 13 establishments, 54 employees , annual payroll $1,638k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 88022 (13 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (6) .

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ZIP Codes in Arenas Valley, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Grant County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Arenas Valley. See the Grant County roll-up →

Arenas Valley lands mid-pack among the 10 cities sharing Grant County: Silver City, Santa Clara and Tyrone earn more and Bayard, Hurley and Hanover earn less. Buckhorn marks the far end of that range at $114,762, 209% above Arenas Valley.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
88022 1,343 $37,147 13 44
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Arenas Valley roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Arenas Valley, .