ZIP 87301 vs ZIP 87327

This side-by-side compares ZIP 87301 (Gallup, NM) and ZIP 87327 (Zuni, NM) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 87301 has a population of 23,674 at 111 people per square mile, while ZIP 87327 has 7,883 at 5 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 87301 reports a median household income of $58,772 against $45,959 in ZIP 87327, with per-capita income of $25,550 vs $18,305. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.9% in 87301 and 8.1% in 87327. Poverty rate reads 25.9% vs 31.3%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 6.6% — 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 $168,500 in 87301 versus $82,200 in 87327, with median rent of $930 and $707 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 52.7% vs 81.1%. 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.