Moriarty, NM
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Moriarty, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,268. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MORIARTY-NM · Moriarty, NM 1 ZIPs · 7,268 pop · #23084/25278 · Torrance County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-LOW $44,938
- RANK-BOTTOM #23084/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Torreon
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 80% owners
- POP-TOWN 7,268
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $162,700
Nearest income peer: Torreon, NM ( $661 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 Moriarty
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Moriarty on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Torreon · lowest
Torreon · lowest
$44,277 median HH income
- Moriarty · this city
Moriarty · this city
$44,938 median HH income
- Mountainair · near
Mountainair · near
$47,132 median HH income
- Estancia · near
Estancia · near
$55,296 median HH income
- Willard · near
Willard · near
$72,721 median HH income
- Encino · highest
Encino · highest
$81,153 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Moriarty, NM sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 9th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 7,268
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $44,938
- 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 ($44,938 average) · poverty 23.1%. The primary code (87035) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Moriarty as a pure owner town.
Within New Mexico, Roy is the closest lower-income city and Clayton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Moriarty.
ZIP Codes in Moriarty, NM
These ZIP codes sit in Torrance County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Moriarty. See the Torrance County roll-up →
Every one of the 5 cities sharing Torrance County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Moriarty, Estancia, Mountainair and Willard among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Encino marks the far end of that range at $81,153, 81% above Moriarty.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87035 | 7,268 | 13 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Moriarty, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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