ZIP 87004 vs ZIP 87048

This side-by-side compares ZIP 87004 (Bernalillo, NM) and ZIP 87048 (Corrales, NM) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 87004 has a population of 10,136 at 69 people per square mile, while ZIP 87048 has 8,682 at 304 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 87004 reports a median household income of $65,743 against $102,004 in ZIP 87048, with per-capita income of $34,513 vs $61,833. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.4% in 87004 and 50.2% in 87048. Poverty rate reads 15.0% vs 7.2%, and unemployment 6.1% vs 6.2% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $251,300 in 87004 versus $574,000 in 87048, with median rent of $949 and $1,143 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.7% vs 91.1%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.