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Buena Vista, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Buena Vista, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 283. 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 BUENA-VISTA-NM · Buena Vista, NM 1 ZIPs · 283 pop · #25262/25278 · Mora County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $12,274
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25262/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Wagon Mound
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 283
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $9,999

Nearest income peer: Wagon Mound, NM (+ $31,638 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 Buena Vista

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Buena Vista 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, Buena Vista, 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.

0th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
283
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$12,274
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 ($12,274 average) · poverty 100.0%. The primary code (87712) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New Mexico, House is the closest lower-income city and San Acacia the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Buena Vista.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 87712, is all of Buena Vista

There is no split to weigh here: 87712 holds every one of Buena Vista's 283 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

No ZBP establishments filed for Buena Vista's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Buena Vista. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Buena Vista, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Mora County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Buena Vista. See the Mora County roll-up →

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Mora County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Buena Vista, Mora, Wagon Mound and Guadalupita among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Ocate marks the far end of that range at $123,500, 906% above Buena Vista.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
87712 283 $12,274 n/a 2
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Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista, .