ZIP 88065 vs ZIP 88061

This side-by-side compares ZIP 88065 (Tyrone, NM) and ZIP 88061 (Silver City, NM) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 88065 has a population of 624 at 170 people per square mile, while ZIP 88061 has 18,585 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 88065 reports a median household income of $47,031 against $47,917 in ZIP 88061, with per-capita income of $40,610 vs $33,404. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.7% in 88065 and 35.2% in 88061. Poverty rate reads 22.9% vs 19.0%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 9.7% — 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 $166,100 in 88065 versus $204,300 in 88061, with median rent of — and $863 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.6% vs 73.4%. 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.