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Truth or Consequences, NM 87901 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 87901: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Truth or Consequences, NM 87901

Acceptable Alternative

Cuchillo, NM 87901

T Or C, NM 87901

Truth Consq, NM 87901

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Sierra County
Centroid: Latitude 33.13, Longitude -107.252
Time Zone: Mountain Time Zone (UTC -7 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 87901 has segments in 2 Counties (Dona Ana, Sierra).

Businesses Addresses: 395
PO Box Addresses: 511
Residential Addresses: 3,150

Multi-Family Addresses: 103
Single Family Addresses: 3,047

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

87901 ZIP Code Map

Truth or Consequences, NM 87901 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	7,249
Daytime Population: Workers	3,181
Daytime Population: Residents	4,675
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	7,856
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	1.08
Population in Households	6,987
Population in Familes	4,582
Population in Group Qrtrs	262
Population Density²	4
Diversity Index³	60

INCOME
Median Household Income	$25,288
Average Household Income	$32,935
Per Capita Income	$17,301

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	5,196 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	2,409 (46.4%)
Renter Occupied HU	1,244 (23.9%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,543 (29.7%)
Median Home Value	$90,891
Average Home Value	$124,274

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	3,653
Average Household Size	1.91
Family Households	1,710
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	-0.8%	-0.83%
Households	-0.82%	-0.85%
Families	-1.24%	-1.1%
Median Household Income		0.11%
Per Capita Income		2.11%

Truth or Consequences, NM 87901 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 87901 to the other 330 ZIP Codes in New Mexico by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.