Clayton, NM
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Clayton, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,569. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CLAYTON-NM · Clayton, NM 1 ZIPs · 3,569 pop · #23083/25278 · Union County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-LOW $44,952
- RANK-BOTTOM #23083/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Amistad
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 72% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 3,569
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $120,800
Nearest income peer: Amistad, NM ( $8,910 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 Clayton
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Clayton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Amistad · lowest $36,042
Amistad · lowest
$36,042 median HH income
- Clayton · this city
Clayton · this city
$44,952 median HH income
- Gladstone · near
Gladstone · near
$61,346 median HH income
- Des Moines · near
Des Moines · near
$77,813 median HH income
- Folsom · highest
Folsom · highest
$96,250 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Clayton, 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.
- 9th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 3,569
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $44,952
- 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 ($44,952 average) · poverty 17.7%. The primary code (88415) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Clayton as a pure owner town.
Within New Mexico, Moriarty is the closest lower-income city and Loving the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Clayton.
ZIP Codes in Clayton, NM
These ZIP codes sit in Union County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Clayton. See the Union County roll-up →
Clayton sits in the lower half of Union County on income: Des Moines, Folsom and Gladstone report more, and only Amistad reports less. Folsom marks the far end of that range at $96,250, 114% above Clayton.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88415 | 3,569 | 1 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Clayton, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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