ZIP Code 87070 — undefined, NM Demographics & Data

ZIP code 87070 covers NM in Torrance County with a population of about 11.

It sits in telephone area code 505; U.S. House district NM-1; the ALBUQUERQUE - SANTA FE media market.

NM fits a retirement-oriented profile (high share of residents 65+ (100.0%)). Residents and relocators commonly research healthcare access, everyday amenities (dining, personal services), and housing costs rather than tech or campus life.

On socioeconomic markers, US5 shows a poverty rate of 0.0%; unemployment rate near 0.0%.

Labor and commute patterns include leading industry context around Retail trade; a mean commute of about 11.0 minutes (U.S. average near 26.8).

Housing tenure and rents show owner-occupancy near 0.0% (about 65.4 points below the national owner-occupancy rate (65.4%)).

FEMA’s National Risk Index rates natural-hazard risk for NM as Relatively Low (composite score 46.2), which is near the middle of the national distribution. The strongest component scores on US5 are wildfire (91.4) and flood (62.8). These scores are county-linked NRI values published for planning context — all ZIP codes in the same county share the same composite score on US5. Useful when comparing insurance and disaster exposure across areas, not a substitute for a parcel-level flood or fire determination.

Climate normals for NM show little to no average snow and around 14.3 inches of annual precipitation.

IRS migration statistics for ZIP 87070 (NM) are roughly balanced (near-zero net) on US5’s published series.