| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 575 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:11 PM |
| Population: | 739 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 35021 |
| Land Area: | 1,829 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 35.8611, -104.0590 |
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739 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,829 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 631 to 739 from 2014 to 2024 — a +17.1% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 87746 (Solano, $102,557 median) and poorest ZIP 87743 (Roy, $44,766) are 16.1 miles apart — a 2.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.9× across this county — from $53,300 in 87743 (Roy) to $206,800 in 87746 (Solano).
Educational attainment ranges from 9.9% bachelor's+ in 87746 (Solano) to 32.4% in 87743 (Roy) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within New Mexico, this is the #34 most populous of 34 counties and ranks #11 for median household income with the #1 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $56,755 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
27.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (144 of 516 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.