Mcalister, NM · standard
ZIP Code 88427
Quay County, New Mexico - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 119
- 0/sq mi
- $65,417
- Median income
- 29.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Mcalister pairs a below-median household income, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- 39th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 0
- people per sq mi
- 85%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 88427 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 88427 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Mcalister, Quay County, New Mexico, home to just 119 residents across 595.0 square miles, a density of 0 people per square mile, in the Denver time zone.
ZIP 88427 reports a modest median household income of $65,417 (10% above the average New Mexico ZIP), while per-capita income is $34,519. The poverty rate is 18.2%, with unemployment at 0.0%; those measures add context to the income figure. The ACS does not report a median home value for this ZIP, so housing cost context is limited to the available tenure and rent fields.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 29.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 32.7, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the New Mexico and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 88427.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 88427, Mcalister, NM · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
119
Population
595.0
Area (sq mi)
0
People / sq mi
Denver
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 88427?
32.7
Median Age
63.3%
Male
36.7%
Female
0.0%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$65,417
Median Household Income
+10% vs state ZIP avg
$34,519
Per Capita Income
18.2%
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
62housing units
62
Total Housing Units
54
Occupied Units
8
Vacant Units
2.57
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
1945
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 88427, both outside NM so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.