What is the population of Dulce CDP?

Dulce CDP has 2,782 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 527 in New Mexico.

What is the median household income in Dulce CDP?

Median household income in Dulce CDP is $41,886 a year, 46.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dulce CDP?

Median gross rent is $552 a month and the median home value is $58,100, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.

Is Dulce CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dulce CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dulce, NM population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dulce, New Mexico (Dulce, NM — Census place “Dulce CDP”) is 2,782 residents, ranking #66 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $41,886, the median home is worth $58,100 and median gross rent runs $552 a month. Looking for the Dulce New Mexico ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dulce, NM: 87528.

Population: 2,782Dulce CDP residents
Median household income: $41,886Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $58,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $552Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.6%Owner-occupied households

Dulce ZIP codes (New Mexico)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dulce.

The Dulce NM ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

87528

What the numbers mean in Dulce CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dulce CDP median would spend about 15.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.3% of residents and 62.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Dulce CDP, NM in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dulce CDP is a small town in New Mexico, with 2,782 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #66 of 527 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 43.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Dulce CDP earn a median of $41,886 a year, 46.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $54,029 median for the 153 New Mexico cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dulce CDP is valued at $58,100, 80.9% below the national figure and 69% below the $190,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $552 a month, 60.7% below the national figure, or roughly $6,624 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 62.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Dulce CDP?: Dulce CDP has 2,782 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 527 in New Mexico.
What is the median household income in Dulce CDP?: Median household income in Dulce CDP is $41,886 a year, 46.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dulce CDP?: Median gross rent is $552 a month and the median home value is $58,100, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.
Is Dulce CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dulce CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dulce CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.