
New Mexico · Census place 60870
Questa, NM population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Questa, New Mexico (Questa, NM — Census place “Questa village”) is 2,112 residents, ranking #88 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $41,071, the median home is worth $225,300 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Questa New Mexico ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Questa, NM: 87556.
- Population
- 2,112Questa village residents
- Median household income
- $41,071Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $225,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 52.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 82.6%Owner-occupied households
Questa ZIP codes (New Mexico)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Questa.
The Questa 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 Questa village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 5.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11% of residents and 82.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Questa village, NM in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Questa village is a small town in New Mexico, with 2,112 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #88 of 527 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 52.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Questa village earn a median of $41,071 a year, 47.7% 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 11% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Questa village is valued at $225,300, 25.7% below the national figure and 19% above the $190,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 82.6% 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. 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 52.7 puts Questa village well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
The Census withheld gross rent for Questa village 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.
- Arroyo Seco CDP 2,107
- Navajo CDP 2,133
- Moriarty city 2,074
- Lordsburg city 2,139
- Jal city 2,069
- Santo Domingo Pueblo CDP 2,162
- Nambe CDP 2,045
- San Ysidro CDP 2,179
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Questa village?
- Questa village has 2,112 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #88 of 527 in New Mexico.
- What is the median household income in Questa village?
- Median household income in Questa village is $41,071 a year, 47.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Questa village?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $225,300.
- Is Questa village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 5.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Questa village is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Questa village 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.