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Placitas, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Placitas, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,052. 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 PLACITAS-NM · Placitas, NM 1 ZIPs · 5,052 pop · #3105/25278 · Sandoval County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $109,750
  • RANK-TOP #3105/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Corrales
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 94% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,052
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $562,100

Nearest income peer: Corrales, NM ( $7,746 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 Placitas

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Placitas 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, Placitas, NM sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,052
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$109,750
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $109,750 and home value $562,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 65.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (93.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New Mexico, Canones is the closest lower-income city and Pinon the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Placitas.

Population concentration

Placitas reads through its lone ZIP, 87043

5,052 ACS residents, one ZIP: 87043 is not the leading code inside Placitas, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Placitas's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 92 establishments, 389 employees , annual payroll $24,333k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 87043 (92 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (22) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Placitas, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Sandoval County, which covers 18 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Placitas. See the Sandoval County roll-up →

Placitas sits in the upper half of Sandoval County on income: Rio Rancho, Bernalillo and Corrales report less, while Jemez Springs reports more. Cuba marks the far end of that range at $32,942, 70% below Placitas.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
87043 5,052 $109,750 92 23
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Placitas 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 Placitas, .