PlainZIP

Mescalero, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mescalero, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,616. 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 MESCALERO-NM · Mescalero, NM 1 ZIPs · 3,616 pop · #24285/25278 · Otero County

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

  • INC-LOW $36,927
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24285/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alamogordo
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,616
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $48,600

Nearest income peer: Alamogordo, NM (+ $274 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 Mescalero

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

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,616
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$36,927
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 ($36,927 average) · poverty 28.7%. The primary code (88340) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Mescalero as a pure owner town.

Within New Mexico, Tohatchi is the closest lower-income city and Arenas Valley the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mescalero.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 88340, is all of Mescalero

There is no split to weigh here: 88340 holds every one of Mescalero's 3,616 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Mescalero

Citywide ZBP: 9 establishments, 962 employees , annual payroll $47,231k (~2 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 88340 (9 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Mescalero, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Otero County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mescalero. See the Otero County roll-up →

Every one of the 9 cities sharing Otero County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Mescalero, Chaparral, Tularosa and Holloman Air Force Base among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Cloudcroft marks the far end of that range at $136,250, 269% above Mescalero.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
88340 3,616 $36,927 9 2
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Mescalero 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 Mescalero, .