
New Mexico · Census place 28530
Gamerco, NM population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Gamerco, New Mexico (Gamerco, NM — Census place “Gamerco CDP”) is 1,583 residents, ranking #112 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $40,938, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $646 a month. Looking for the Gamerco New Mexico ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Gamerco, NM: 87317.
- Population
- 1,583Gamerco CDP residents
- Median household income
- $40,938Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $646Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 28.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 46.7%Owner-occupied households
Gamerco ZIP codes (New Mexico)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gamerco.
The Gamerco NM ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Gamerco CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Gamerco CDP median would spend about 18.9% 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. Poverty affects 60.2% of residents and 46.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Gamerco CDP, NM in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Gamerco CDP is a small town in New Mexico, with 1,583 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #112 of 527 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 28.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Gamerco CDP earn a median of $40,938 a year, 47.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $54,029 median for the 153 New Mexico cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 60.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Gamerco CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $646 a month, 54.1% below the national figure, or roughly $7,752 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. 46.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 28.8 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld home value for Gamerco CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in New Mexico.
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- Dixon CDP 1,551
- Barton CDP 1,601
- Tome CDP 1,525
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Gamerco CDP?
- Gamerco CDP has 1,583 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #112 of 527 in New Mexico.
- What is the median household income in Gamerco CDP?
- Median household income in Gamerco CDP is $40,938 a year, 47.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gamerco CDP?
- Median gross rent is $646 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.
- Is Gamerco CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Gamerco CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Gamerco 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.