ZIP 87564 vs ZIP 87513

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