ZIP 87513 vs ZIP 87564

This side-by-side compares ZIP 87513 (Arroyo Hondo, NM) and ZIP 87564 (San Cristobal, NM) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 87513 has a population of 1,007 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 87564 has 332 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 87513 reports a median household income of — against $78,472 in ZIP 87564, with per-capita income of $44,829 vs $55,473. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 43.9% in 87513 and 35.6% in 87564. Poverty rate reads 9.1% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% — 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 — in 87513 versus $385,400 in 87564, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 100.0%. 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.