What is the population of Peralta town?

Peralta town has 3,385 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #58 of 527 in New Mexico.

What is the median household income in Peralta town?

Median household income in Peralta town is $67,703 a year, 13.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Peralta town?

Median gross rent is $1,327 a month and the median home value is $275,000, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.

Is Peralta town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Peralta town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Peralta, NM population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Peralta, New Mexico (Peralta, NM — Census place “Peralta town”) is 3,385 residents, ranking #58 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $67,703, the median home is worth $275,000 and median gross rent runs $1,327 a month. Looking for the Peralta New Mexico ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Peralta, NM: 87042.

Population: 3,385Peralta town residents
Median household income: $67,703Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $275,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,327Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 85.5%Owner-occupied households

Peralta ZIP codes (New Mexico)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Peralta.

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

87042

What the numbers mean in Peralta town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Peralta town median would spend about 23.5% 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 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 85.5% of households own their home.

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

Peralta town, NM in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Peralta town is a small town in New Mexico, with 3,385 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #58 of 527 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 39 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Peralta town earn a median of $67,703 a year, 13.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% above the $54,029 median for the 153 New Mexico cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Peralta town is valued at $275,000, 9.4% below the national figure and 45% above the $190,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,327 a month, 5.6% below the national figure, or roughly $15,924 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 85.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Peralta town?: Peralta town has 3,385 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #58 of 527 in New Mexico.
What is the median household income in Peralta town?: Median household income in Peralta town is $67,703 a year, 13.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Peralta town?: Median gross rent is $1,327 a month and the median home value is $275,000, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.
Is Peralta town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Peralta town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Peralta town 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.