PlainZIP

Garfield, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Garfield, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 515. 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 GARFIELD-NM · Garfield, NM 1 ZIPs · 515 pop · #25133/25278 · Doña Ana County

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

  • INC-LOW $22,043
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25133/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Salem
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 515
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $183,200

Nearest income peer: Salem, NM (+ $9,289 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 Garfield

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

1st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
515
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$22,043
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 ($22,043 average) · poverty 33.6%. The primary code (87936) 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, Navajo Dam is the closest lower-income city and Cordova the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Garfield.

Population concentration

Garfield's single ZIP 87936 carries the town

Garfield is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 87936 is the entire residential footprint (515 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Garfield

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 14 employees , annual payroll $672k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 87936 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Garfield, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Doña Ana County, which covers 25 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Garfield. See the Doña Ana County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Doña Ana County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Garfield, Las Cruces, Anthony and Sunland Park among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. White Sands Missile Range marks the far end of that range at $89,565, 306% above Garfield.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
87936 515 $22,043 4 17
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Garfield 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 Garfield, .