New Mexico · Census place 82710
Velarde, NM population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Velarde, New Mexico (Velarde, NM — Census place “Velarde CDP”) is 248 residents, ranking #338 of 527 places in New Mexico. Median household income is $63,707, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Velarde New Mexico ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Velarde, NM: 87582.
- Population
- 248Velarde CDP residents
- Median household income
- $63,707Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 47.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 40.4%Owner-occupied households
Velarde ZIP codes (New Mexico)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Velarde.
The Velarde 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 Velarde CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
Poverty affects 38.7% of residents and 40.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Velarde CDP, NM in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Velarde CDP is a very small community in New Mexico, with 248 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #338 of 527 ranked by population — larger than 35% of them. The median age here is 47.8 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 Velarde CDP earn a median of $63,707 a year, 18.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% above 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 38.7% 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 Velarde CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 40.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 248 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Velarde CDP against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld home value, gross rent for Velarde 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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- Ponderosa Pine CDP 1,091
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- Spencerville CDP 1,100
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Velarde CDP?
- Velarde CDP has 248 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #338 of 527 in New Mexico.
- What is the median household income in Velarde CDP?
- Median household income in Velarde CDP is $63,707 a year, 18.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Velarde CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is not published.
- Is Velarde CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Velarde CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Velarde 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.