PlainZIP

Gila, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gila, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 431. 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 GILA-NM · Gila, NM 1 ZIPs · 431 pop · #25217/25278 · Grant County

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

  • INC-LOW $18,317
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25217/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Hanover
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 95% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 431
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $216,600

Nearest income peer: Hanover, NM (+ $15,086 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 Gila

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gila 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, Gila, 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
431
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$18,317
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 ($18,317 average) · poverty 30.4%. The primary code (88038) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New Mexico, La Jara is the closest lower-income city and Nageezi the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gila.

Population concentration

Gila's single ZIP 88038 carries the town

Gila is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 88038 is the entire residential footprint (431 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Gila's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 11 establishments, 28 employees , annual payroll $1,263k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 88038 (11 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Gila, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Grant County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Gila. See the Grant County roll-up →

Every one of the 10 cities sharing Grant County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Gila, Silver City, Bayard and Santa Clara among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Buckhorn marks the far end of that range at $114,762, 527% above Gila.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
88038 431 $18,317 11 0
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