Neighborhood Scorecard

Source: · HUD FMR FY2024 · FBI UCR (latest county year) · DOL NDCP

88009 – Playas, NM

The neighborhood scorecard for ZIP 88009 in Playas, NM blends seven federal datasets into a single letter grade of F (0/100). The underlying inputs pulled for this ZIP include a median household income of -, a median home value of -, -% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, and an average commute of -. Every value comes directly from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates tied to ZIP 88009, 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 88009, the scorecard transparently drops that dimension rather than inventing a score.

Reading the grade means reading the dimensions together. The overall F score for 88009 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.

F
Overall Score
0/100
88009 – Playas, NM

Based on income, housing cost, safety, education, commute, and childcare-cost data from federal sources, not school test scores, walkability, weather, culture, or day-to-day livability.

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Median household income
Education N/A
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Bachelor's degree or higher
Housing N/A
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Home value to income ratio
Commute N/A
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Average commute time
Rent N/A
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2-bedroom fair market rent (county)
Safety N/A
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Violent crime rate (county)
Childcare N/A
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Center-based infant care cost (county)

Score Breakdown

Income

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Median household income

Education

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Bachelor's degree or higher

Housing

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Home value to income ratio

Commute

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Average commute time

Rent

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2-bedroom fair market rent (county)

Safety

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Violent crime rate (county)

Childcare

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Center-based infant care cost (county)

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What This Means

Playas, NM (88009) receives an overall grade of F based on publicly available data from the Census Bureau, HUD, FBI, and Department of Labor. Data was unavailable for income, education, housing, commute, rent, safety, childcare – these dimensions were excluded from the overall score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the overall score for ZIP 88009?
ZIP 88009 (Playas, NM) has an overall neighborhood score of 0/100, earning a grade of F. This score combines 7 dimensions: income, education, housing affordability, commute, rent, safety, and childcare costs.
Is 88009 a good place to live?
This scorecard cannot answer that on its own, it measures 7 economic and housing-cost indicators (income, education, housing affordability, commute, rent, safety, and childcare cost) from Census, HUD, FBI, and DOL data, not school test scores, walkability, weather, culture, or the other factors that make a neighborhood a good fit for a given household. On those 7 measured dimensions, 88009 scores F (0/100) overall.
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.

Vintages stay separate: ACS demographics/housing 2019–2023; HUD FMR FY2024; FBI UCR and DOL NDCP use each feed's latest county year. Rent and childcare grades are exploratory joins of those feeds against ACS median income, not a claim that every agency shares one fiscal year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report. Source: DOL NDCP childcare prices. Verify with HUD →