ZIP 87532 vs ZIP 87528

This side-by-side compares ZIP 87532 (Espanola, NM) and ZIP 87528 (Dulce, NM) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 87532 has a population of 18,223 at 62 people per square mile, while ZIP 87528 has 3,417 at 2 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 87532 reports a median household income of $58,448 against $41,679 in ZIP 87528, with per-capita income of $32,609 vs $21,953. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.2% in 87532 and 12.0% in 87528. Poverty rate reads 17.2% vs 20.8%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 10.8% — 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 $238,800 in 87532 versus $56,100 in 87528, with median rent of $877 and $472 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.8% vs 64.2%. 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.