Neighborhood Scorecard

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87508 — Santa Fe, NM

The neighborhood scorecard for ZIP 87508 in Santa Fe, NM blends seven federal datasets into a single letter grade of C+ (62/100). The underlying inputs pulled for this ZIP include a median household income of $101,565, a median home value of $561,200, 53.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, and an average commute of 26 minutes. Every value comes directly from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates tied to ZIP 87508, not a national average mapped onto the ZIP.

Cross-agency inputs extend the score beyond Census demographics. If any of these feeds is missing for 87508, the scorecard transparently drops that dimension rather than inventing a score.

Reading the grade means reading the dimensions together. The overall C+ score for 87508 reflects a weighted blend — Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%) — and each dimension is benchmarked against national percentiles rather than in-state-only comparisons. Strengths visible in the raw data include income, education, rent. Areas pulling the overall grade down are housing. The 3 nearby ZIP codes listed below provide immediate geographic context — two adjacent ZIPs can land several grade letters apart due to school-district boundaries, zoning, and commute arteries.

C+
Overall Score
62/100
87508 — Santa Fe, NM
Income A-
$101,565
Median household income
Education A
53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher
Housing F
5.5x
Home value $561,200 vs income
Commute D
26 min
Average commute time
Rent B+
$1,685/mo
2BR fair market rent (20% of income)
Safety N/A
N/A
Violent crime rate (county)
Childcare N/A
N/A
Center-based infant care cost

Score Breakdown

Income

A-
$101,565

Median household income

Score: 80/100

Education

A
53.3%

Bachelor's degree or higher

Score: 86/100

Housing

F
5.5x

Home value $561,200 vs income

Score: 15/100

Commute

D
26 min

Average commute time

Score: 50/100

Rent

B+
$1,685/mo

2BR fair market rent (20% of income)

Score: 79/100

Safety

N/A
N/A

Violent crime rate (county)

Childcare

N/A
N/A

Center-based infant care cost

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What This Means

Santa Fe, NM (87508) receives an overall grade of C+ based on publicly available data from the Census Bureau, HUD, FBI, and Department of Labor. This area performs well in income and education and rent. Challenges include housing. Data was unavailable for safety, childcare — these dimensions were excluded from the overall score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the overall score for ZIP 87508?
ZIP 87508 (Santa Fe, NM) has an overall neighborhood score of 62/100, earning a grade of C+. This score combines 7 dimensions: income, education, housing affordability, commute, rent, safety, and childcare costs.
Is 87508 a good place to live?
Based on Census, HUD, FBI, and DOL data, 87508 scores C+ overall. Strengths include income, education, rent. Areas that score lower: housing.
How is the neighborhood scorecard calculated?
The scorecard evaluates 7 dimensions weighted by importance: Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing affordability (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%). Each metric is compared against national benchmarks to produce a percentile score.

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report. Source: DOL Childcare Costs. Verify with HUD →