ZIP 87519 vs ZIP 87556

This side-by-side compares ZIP 87519 (Cerro, NM) and ZIP 87556 (Questa, NM) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 87519 has a population of 460 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 87556 has 2,417 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 87519 reports a median household income of - against $52,546 in ZIP 87556, with per-capita income of $36,663 vs $28,007. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 87519 and 31.8% in 87556. Poverty rate reads 3.6% vs 14.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.2% - 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 $446,500 in 87519 versus $241,600 in 87556, with median rent of - and $703 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 74.7%. 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.