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

88121 – House, NM

The neighborhood scorecard for ZIP 88121 in House, NM blends seven federal datasets into a single letter grade of F (9/100). The underlying inputs pulled for this ZIP include a median household income of $2,499, a median home value of $187,500, 30.6% 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 88121, 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 88121, the scorecard transparently drops that dimension rather than inventing a score.

Reading the grade means reading the dimensions together. The overall F score for 88121 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. Areas pulling the overall grade down are income, housing, rent.

F
Overall Score
9/100
88121 – House, 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.

Income F
$2,499
Median household income
Education C-
30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher
Housing F
75.0x
Home value $187,500 vs income
Commute N/A
N/A
Average commute time
Rent F
$973/mo
2BR fair market rent (county; 467% of income)
Safety N/A
N/A
Violent crime rate (county)
Childcare N/A
N/A
Center-based infant care cost (county)

Score Breakdown

Income

F
$2,499

Median household income

Score: 1/100

Education

C-
30.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher

Score: 51/100

Housing

F
75.0x

Home value $187,500 vs income

Score: 0/100

Commute

N/A
N/A

Average commute time

Rent

F
$973/mo

2BR fair market rent (county; 467% of income)

Score: 0/100

Safety

N/A
N/A

Violent crime rate (county)

Childcare

N/A
N/A

Center-based infant care cost (county)

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Neighborhood Scorecard for ZIP 88121 - House, NM: Grade F, Score 9/100
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What This Means

House, NM (88121) receives an overall grade of F based on publicly available data from the Census Bureau, HUD, FBI, and Department of Labor. Challenges include income and housing and rent. Data was unavailable for commute, safety, childcare – these dimensions were excluded from the overall score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the overall score for ZIP 88121?▼
ZIP 88121 (House, NM) has an overall neighborhood score of 9/100, earning a grade of F. This score combines 7 dimensions: income, education, housing affordability, commute, rent, safety, and childcare costs.
Is 88121 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, 88121 scores F (9/100) overall. It scores lower on income, housing, rent.
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.

Official Data Resources

HUD Fair Market Rents → FBI Crime Statistics → NCES School Data →

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 →

This page explains the source records, calculation, and limits behind the figures shown. ZIP 88121 grades blend seven disclosed federal metrics. Rent and childcare are county-level joins against ACS median income; the letter grade is not a school, walkability, or overall-livability rating. Read our editorial standards and corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of the ACS 2019–2023 claims window (plus HUD FY2024 / FBI+DOL latest county years).

Read our methodology to see how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.