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Silver City, NM

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Silver City, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 18,585. 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 SILVER-CITY-NM · Silver City, NM 1 ZIPs · 18,585 pop · #22393/25278 · Grant County

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

  • INC-MID $47,917
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22393/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tyrone
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-TOWN 18,585
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $204,300

Nearest income peer: Tyrone, NM ( $886 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 Silver City

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

11th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
18,585
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$47,917
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 ($47,917 average) · poverty 19.0%. The primary code (88061) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Silver City as a pure owner town.

Within New Mexico, Mountainair is the closest lower-income city and Mesilla Park the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Silver City.

Population concentration

Silver City reads through its lone ZIP, 88061

18,585 ACS residents, one ZIP: 88061 is not the leading code inside Silver City, 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 Silver City's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 409 establishments, 4,135 employees , annual payroll $167,838k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 88061 (409 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (67) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Silver City, NM

These ZIP codes sit in Grant County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Silver City. See the Grant County roll-up →

Silver City sits in the upper half of Grant County on income: Bayard, Hurley and Arenas Valley report less, while Santa Clara, Mimbres and Buckhorn report more. Buckhorn marks the far end of that range at $114,762, 140% above Silver City.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
88061 18,585 $47,917 409 5
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Silver City 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 Silver City, .