Quay
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New Mexico
Quay is a sparsely populated county in New Mexico with 7 ZIP codes, 9,040 people, and one of the lowest household incomes among US counties among US counties. All data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates.
National county placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Quay, NM sits among US counties with one of the lowest household incomes among US counties, on a sparsely populated county population base, across a compact ZIP cluster.
- 4th pct
- household income vs 3,210 US counties
- 9,040
- combined ZIP population
- 7
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $39,197
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this county's average ZIP median household income against 3,210 US counties with ACS income on at least one ZIP.
Quay lands in the national county income distribution as one of the lowest household incomes among US counties on sparsely populated county footing (FIPS 35037, 7 ZIPs, combined population 9,040). Sort the ZIP table by population before treating the county mean as uniform.
Lower household-income footing across 7 ZIPs (combined population 9,040). Cost-of-living reads should start from the densest ZIP rather than the county mean - sparse codes can dominate land area while a small urban ZIP carries most residents.
Save two ZIPs from the table into your shortlist, then open a compare link - that is the return path a static county summary cannot replace. All figures here come from Census ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates and USPS ZCTA files.
7
Total ZIPs
9,040
Total Population
ZIP Codes in Quay
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Data sources
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping). Verify with HUD →
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