AreaProfile

87105South Valley, New Mexico

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 87105.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordabilityTop 41% of 4,553 published ZIP areas81
ClimateTop 46% of 4,621 published ZIP areas71
Physical resilienceTop 37% of 4,554 published ZIP areas69
AccessTop 37% of 4,623 published ZIP areas97
Economic stability3953rd of 4,591 published ZIP areas37
The quick read

A major airport is 5 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
54,367
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$55,644
Bottom 23% nationally
Density
1,354/sq mi
40.2 sq mi of land
Median age
39.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
South Valley
New Mexico
Metro area
Albuquerque, NM
Nearest major airport
ABQ
5 mi · Albuquerque Intl Sunport
Median home value
$220,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Median household income of $55,644 is below 77% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$3,619$55,644Bottom 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,218$27,233Bottom 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate19.1%Top 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute26.3 minBottom 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher16.1%Bottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation54.7%Bottom 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$64,480Bottom 34%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$48,060Bottom 27%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202456k41k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $55,644 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Albuquerque, NM
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides16,860$30,170
Fast Food and Counter Workers14,510$29,140
Retail Salespersons11,370$34,160
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive11,020$46,950
Registered Nurses10,290$96,040
Customer Service Representatives10,270$41,790

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $991 takes 21% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 4.0 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
21.4%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.0×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$991
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$220,900
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.97Top 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate74.2%Bottom 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±65120,220Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$65$991Bottom 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$8,120$220,900Top 50%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income21.4%Top 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate6.1%Bottom 29%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 91°F and January a low of 26°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 8.8 inches, including 7.9 inches of snow.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ALBUQUERQUE INTL AP, 5.1 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND1.6"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation8.8"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall7.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low26°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high91°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing42°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

69 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, wildfire and drought.

EarthquakeModerate
WildfireModerate
DroughtModerate
AvalancheModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, lightning, inland flooding, heat wave, hail, strong wind, ice storm, cold wave, tornado, landslide, volcanic activity.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 5 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Albuquerque Intl SunportABQ5 mi13,793 ft
Santa Fe RgnlSAF55 mi8,366 ft
Las Vegas MuniLVS98 mi8,199 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

87105 vs South Valley

How this ZIP area compares with South Valley as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

87105
South Valley
Median household income
$55,644
vs
$58,224
Per capita income
$27,233
vs
$29,017
Population density
1,354/sq mi
vs
1,280/sq mi
Median home value
$220,900
vs
$224,300
Median gross rent
$991
vs
$954
Homeownership rate
74.2%
vs
74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
16.1%
vs
15.1%
Poverty rate
19.1%
vs
18.5%
Median age
39.8
vs
41.7

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.