New Mexico · Census place 55340
Paraje, NM population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Paraje, New Mexico (Paraje, NM — Census place “Paraje CDP”) is 1,405 residents, ranking #128 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $30,284, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Paraje New Mexico ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Paraje, NM: 87007.
- Population
- 1,405Paraje CDP residents
- Median household income
- $30,284Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 24.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.1%Owner-occupied households
Paraje ZIP codes (New Mexico)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Paraje.
The Paraje 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 Paraje CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
Poverty affects 51.7% of residents and 63.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Paraje CDP, NM in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Paraje CDP is a small town in New Mexico, with 1,405 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #128 of 527 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 24.7 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 Paraje CDP earn a median of $30,284 a year, 61.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 44% below the $54,029 median for the 153 New Mexico cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 51.7% 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 Paraje CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 63.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
A median age of 24.7 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, gross rent for Paraje 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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- McIntosh CDP 1,310
- Mountainair town 1,308
- El Rancho CDP 1,432
- Taos Pueblo CDP 1,294
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Paraje CDP?
- Paraje CDP has 1,405 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #128 of 527 in New Mexico.
- What is the median household income in Paraje CDP?
- Median household income in Paraje CDP is $30,284 a year, 61.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Paraje CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is not published.
- Is Paraje CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Paraje CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Paraje 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.