ZIP 87740 vs ZIP 87710

This side-by-side compares ZIP 87740 (Raton, NM) and ZIP 87710 (Angel Fire, NM) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 87740 has a population of 8,068 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 87710 has 1,768 at 4 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 87740 reports a median household income of $52,815 against $83,125 in ZIP 87710, with per-capita income of $29,861 vs $51,027. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.6% in 87740 and 51.6% in 87710. Poverty rate reads 22.4% vs 13.2%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 1.0% - 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 $153,100 in 87740 versus $569,200 in 87710, with median rent of $746 and $1,148 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.1% vs 71.9%. 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.