Mountainair, NM
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mountainair, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,868. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MOUNTAINAIR-NM · Mountainair, NM 1 ZIPs · 1,868 pop · #22584/25278 · Torrance County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $47,132
- RANK-BOTTOM #22584/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Moriarty
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 89% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 1,868
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $209,100
Nearest income peer: Moriarty, NM ( $2,194 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 Mountainair
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mountainair on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Torreon · lowest
Torreon · lowest
$44,277 median HH income
- Moriarty · near
Moriarty · near
$44,938 median HH income
- Mountainair · this city
Mountainair · this city
$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, Mountainair, 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.
- 11th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 1,868
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $47,132
- 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 ($47,132 average) · poverty 14.4%. The primary code (87036) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within New Mexico, Tyrone is the closest lower-income city and Silver City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mountainair.
ZIP Codes in Mountainair, NM
These ZIP codes sit in Torrance County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mountainair. See the Torrance County roll-up →
Mountainair lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Torrance County: Estancia, Willard and Encino earn more and Moriarty and Torreon earn less. Encino marks the far end of that range at $81,153, 72% above Mountainair.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87036 | 1,868 | 1 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Mountainair, 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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