Des Moines, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Des Moines, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 294. 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 DES-MOINES-NM · Des Moines, NM 1 ZIPs · 294 pop · #10072/25278 · Union County

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

  • INC-HIGH $77,813
  • RANK-UPPER #10072/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Gladstone
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 294
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $165,400

Nearest income peer: Gladstone, NM ( $16,467 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 Des Moines

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Des Moines 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 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Des Moines, NM sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 40%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
294
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$77,813
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 88418 (294 residents). Household income $77,813 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Des Moines as a pure owner town.

Within New Mexico, Taos Ski Valley is the closest lower-income city and Gallina the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Des Moines.

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ZIP Codes in Des Moines, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Union County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Des Moines. See the Union County roll-up →

Des Moines sits in the upper half of Union County on income: Clayton, Amistad and Gladstone report less, while Folsom reports more. Amistad marks the far end of that range at $36,042, 54% below Des Moines.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
88418 294 0 America/Denver

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Des Moines, 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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