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Eunice, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Eunice, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,238. 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 EUNICE-NM · Eunice, NM 1 ZIPs · 3,238 pop · #21310/25278 · Lea County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $51,417
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21310/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tatum
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,238
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $128,900

Nearest income peer: Tatum, NM (+ $833 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 Eunice

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

16th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,238
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,417
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 ($51,417 average) · poverty 11.9%. The primary code (88231) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Eunice as a pure owner town.

Within New Mexico, Elephant Butte is the closest lower-income city and Thoreau the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Eunice.

Population concentration

Eunice reads through its lone ZIP, 88231

3,238 ACS residents, one ZIP: 88231 is not the leading code inside Eunice, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Eunice's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 89 establishments, 1,342 employees , annual payroll $125,972k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 88231 (89 units) ; leading NAICS Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (16) · also Transportation and warehousing · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Eunice, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Lea County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Eunice. See the Lea County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Lea County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Eunice, Hobbs and Lovington among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Hobbs marks the far end of that range at $76,635, 49% above Eunice.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
88231 3,238 $51,417 89 3
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Eunice 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 Eunice, .