ZIP 88311 vs ZIP 88330

This side-by-side compares ZIP 88311 (Alamogordo, NM) and ZIP 88330 (Holloman Air Force Base, NM) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 88311 has a population of 854 at 140 people per square mile, while ZIP 88330 has 3,054 at 858 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 88311 reports a median household income of $17,188 against $52,465 in ZIP 88330, with per-capita income of $16,592 vs $25,492. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.7% in 88311 and 34.5% in 88330. Poverty rate reads 46.2% vs 10.2%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.3% — 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 — in 88311 versus — in 88330, with median rent of — and $1,230 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 0.0%. 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.