Tucumcari, NM
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Tucumcari, NM: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,944. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet TUCUMCARI-NM · Tucumcari, NM 1 ZIPs · 6,944 pop · #21985/25278 · Quay County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $49,345
- RANK-BOTTOM #21985/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Bard
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 71% owners
- POP-TOWN 6,944
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $76,500
Nearest income peer: Bard, NM ( $3,095 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 Tucumcari
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Tucumcari on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- House · lowest $2,499
House · lowest
$2,499 median HH income
- San Jon · near
San Jon · near
$38,750 median HH income
- Logan · near
Logan · near
$40,000 median HH income
- Bard · near
Bard · near
$46,250 median HH income
- Tucumcari · this city
Tucumcari · this city
$49,345 median HH income
- Mcalister · highest
Mcalister · highest
$65,417 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, Tucumcari, 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.
- 13th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 6,944
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $49,345
- 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 ($49,345 average) · poverty 26.7%. The primary code (88401) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (70.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Tucumcari as a pure owner town.
Within New Mexico, Ranchos De Taos is the closest lower-income city and Mills the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Tucumcari.
ZIP Codes in Tucumcari, NM
These ZIP codes sit in Quay County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Tucumcari. See the Quay County roll-up →
Tucumcari sits in the upper half of Quay County on income: Logan, San Jon and Nara Visa report less, while Mcalister reports more. House marks the far end of that range at $2,499, 95% below Tucumcari.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88401 | 6,944 | 3 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Tucumcari, 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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