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Belen, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Belen, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 22,517. 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 BELEN-NM · Belen, NM 1 ZIPs · 22,517 pop · #21100/25278 · Valencia County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $51,961
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21100/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Los Lunas
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-TOWN 22,517
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $185,100

Nearest income peer: Los Lunas, NM (+ $8,941 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 Belen

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Belen 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, Belen, NM sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

17th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
22,517
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,961
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 ($51,961 average) · poverty 22.2%. The primary code (87002) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Belen as a pure owner town.

Within New Mexico, Gallup is the closest lower-income city and Roswell the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Belen.

Population concentration

Belen reads through its lone ZIP, 87002

22,517 ACS residents, one ZIP: 87002 is not the leading code inside Belen, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Belen

Citywide ZBP: 275 establishments, 4,025 employees , annual payroll $141,796k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 87002 (275 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (48) · also Construction · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Belen, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Valencia County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Belen. See the Valencia County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Valencia County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Belen, Los Lunas, Bosque Farms and Peralta among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Bosque Farms marks the far end of that range at $79,602, 53% above Belen.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
87002 22,517 $51,961 275 25
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Belen 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 Belen, .