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Melrose, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Melrose, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,165. 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 MELROSE-NM · Melrose, NM 1 ZIPs · 1,165 pop · #21228/25278 · Curry County

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

  • INC-MID $51,618
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21228/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Clovis
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,165
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $161,100

Nearest income peer: Clovis, NM (+ $4,969 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 Melrose

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Melrose 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, Melrose, 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
1,165
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,618
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 ($51,618 average) · poverty 28.6%. The primary code (88124) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Melrose as a pure owner town.

Within New Mexico, Thoreau is the closest lower-income city and Gallup the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Melrose.

Population concentration

Melrose reads through its lone ZIP, 88124

1,165 ACS residents, one ZIP: 88124 is not the leading code inside Melrose, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Melrose

Citywide ZBP: 12 establishments, 67 employees , annual payroll $1,679k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 88124 (12 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Melrose, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Curry County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Melrose. See the Curry County roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Curry County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Melrose, Clovis, Texico and Grady among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Texico marks the far end of that range at $70,417, 36% above Melrose.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
88124 1,165 $51,618 12 1
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Melrose 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 Melrose, .