88346 Zip Code (Ruidoso Downs, NM) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2017: 3,100
Zip code population in 2010: 3,132
Zip code population in 2000: 2,782

Houses and condos: 1,606
Renter-occupied apartments: 439
March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 88346: 84.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 59.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 52 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2017:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $685 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $878 (0.6%)

For population 25 years and over in 88346:

• High school or higher: 76.1%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%
• Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
• Unemployed: 8.5%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 16.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 88346:

• Never married: 28.5%
• Now married: 46.8%
• Separated: 5.2%
• Widowed: 10.4%
• Divorced: 9.2%

• 
• • 1,51754.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,42951.4%White
  • 1244.5%American Indian
  • 341.2%Two or more races
  • 170.6%Black
  • 80.3%Asian
  • 30.1%Some other race

Urban population: 2,145
Rural population: 954

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 88346, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $29,610 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$29,610
State:	$50,343

Salary/wage: $24,425 (reported on 84.7% of returns)

Here:	$24,425
State:	$41,171

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 80.9% for AGIs below $25k, 82.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 77.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 68.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 24.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,233 (reported on 15.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,233
New Mexico:	$1,677

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,140 (reported on 7.3% of returns)

Here:	$1,140
State:	$6,939

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.4% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$338 (reported on 5.8% of returns)

Here:	+$338
State:	+$14,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Profit/loss from business: +$7,483 (reported on 17.5% of returns)

Here:	+$7,483
State:	+$11,059

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.0% for AGIs below $25k, 4.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.8% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $8,171 (reported on 5.1% of returns)

88346:	$8,171
New Mexico:	$15,706

Total itemized deductions: $18,915 (23% of AGI, reported on 9.5% of returns)

Here:	$18,915
State:	$21,709

Here:	22.7% of AGI
State:	19.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.8% for AGIs below $25k, 5.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 7.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $3,100 (reported on 5.8% of returns)

Here:	$3,100
State:	$4,195

Taxes paid: $4,362 (reported on 9.5% of returns)

88346:	$4,362
State:	$6,176

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,500 (reported on 39.4% of returns)

Here:	$2,500
State:	$2,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.9% for AGIs below $25k, 2.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 46.7%

Here:	47%
State:	50%

(% for various income ranges: 46.3% for AGIs below $25k, 48.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 41.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 40.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 88346, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $23,954 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$23,954
State:	$39,572

Salary/wage: $21,724 (reported on 87.2% of returns)

Here:	$21,724
State:	$34,237

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 195.2% for AGIs below $10k, 86.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 86.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 71.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 78.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 29.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,825 (reported on 20.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,825
New Mexico:	$1,873

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.2% for AGIs below $10k, 1.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $956 (reported on 9.6% of returns)

Here:	$956
State:	$3,554

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.7% for AGIs below $10k, 0.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,092 (reported on 8.4% of returns)

Here:	+$1,092
State:	+$10,425

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -0.1% for AGIs below $10k, 0.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, -0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$3,706 (reported on 18.5% of returns)

Here:	+$3,706
State:	+$8,875

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 17.9% for AGIs below $10k, 5.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.6% for AGIs $50k-75k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,125 (reported on 1.1% of returns)

88346:	$2,125
New Mexico:	$2,940

Total itemized deductions: $16,918 (29% of AGI, reported on 12.0% of returns)

Here:	$16,918
State:	$18,103

Here:	29.3% of AGI
State:	21.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 11.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 18.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 12.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,090 (4% of AGI, reported on 8.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,090
State:	$3,246

Here:	3.7% of AGI
State:	3.6% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $2,995 (reported on 60.2% of returns)

88346:	$2,995
State:	$6,237

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.7% for AGIs below $10k, 3.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $2,015 (reported on 37.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,015
State:	$1,796

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 60.1%

Here:	60%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 55.6% for AGIs below $10k, 61.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 58.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 73.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 50.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 87.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 88324, 88355, 88345, 88323, 88340, 88338.
Ruidoso Downs Zip Code Map

No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 367
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 713

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 60 (60 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 763 (298 now married, 466 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 88346 with a mortgage: 253
Houses without a mortgage: 413

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $892
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $254

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2017:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2017:

• Zip code 88346 household income distribution in 2017

• 52Less than $10,000
• 132$10,000 to $14,999
• 131$15,000 to $19,999
• 40$20,000 to $24,999
• 88$25,000 to $29,999
• 58$30,000 to $34,999
• 86$35,000 to $39,999
• 52$40,000 to $44,999
• 44$50,000 to $59,999
• 252$60,000 to $74,999
• 20$75,000 to $99,999
• 86$100,000 to $124,999
• 26$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2017 in zip code 88346

• 53Less than $10,000
• 16$50,000 to $59,999
• 55$70,000 to $79,999
• 21$80,000 to $89,999
• 97$100,000 to $124,999
• 23$125,000 to $149,999
• 168$150,000 to $174,999
• 89$250,000 to $299,999
• 15$300,000 to $399,999
• 52$400,000 to $499,999
• 22$1,500,000 to $1,999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2017 in zip code 88346

• 56Less than $100
• 53$100 to $149
• 15$200 to $249
• 12$250 to $299
• 23$300 to $349
• 46$400 to $449
• 91$450 to $499
• 21$600 to $649
• 6$650 to $699
• 23$800 to $899
• 60No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2017: $521.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2017: $134,331.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2017 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $229,638
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $128,279
• Some other race householders: $181,843
• Two or more races householders: $260,953
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $186,238

Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $170,032 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $91,144 - $304,595

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 644
• Two: 19
• 3 or 4: 54
• 5 to 9: 189
• 10 to 19: 12
• Mobile homes: 671

Unemployment: 8.5%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 88346

• 65.9%678Drove a car alone
• 26.4%272Carpooled
• 5.1%52Walked
• 1.6%16Other means

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 88346

• 24Less than 5 minutes
• 1285 to 9 minutes
• 49410 to 14 minutes
• 6715 to 19 minutes
• 12820 to 24 minutes
• 14130 to 34 minutes
• 2260 to 89 minutes
• 1690 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 92.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 3,102

• In family households: 2,705 (446 male householders, 284 female householders)

  501 spouses, 1,142 children (1,028 natural, 20 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 104 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 102 parents, 0 other relatives, 73 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 394 (203 male householders (197 living alone)), 167 female householders (167 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 291 2-persons, 111 3-persons, 190 4-persons, 135 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 364 1-person, 6 2-persons

518 married couples with children.
238 single-parent households (90 men, 148 women).

57.3% of residents of 88346 zip code speak English at home.
43.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% very well, 38% well, 7% not well, 10% not at all).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRACK (1461 US HWY 70 W in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-2003-1953, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit - ICIS-06-2004-1778, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  Business SIC classification: HORSES AND OTHER EQUINES
  Alternative names: RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRACK & CASINO, RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRK&CASINO

• BONNELL SAND AND GRAVEL - 850TPH CRUSHER NO1760 (10 MI E OF RUIDOSO DOWNS in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC and NAICS classification: CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL
  Alternative names: BONNELL SAND & GRAVEL 850TPH CRSHR

• B & B READY MIX (400 BEAVER DR in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  

• LEGENDS CASTING BRONZE FOUNDRY (610 WEST HIGHWAY 70 in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: COPPER FOUNDRIES
  

• CLASSIC BRONZE (610 E HWY 70 in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM)

  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: CHARLES DODSON (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• ACCESS ROAD TO PINON RIDGE EST. PROJ. (1801 US70 in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM)

  ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
  

• RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRACK (1463 W HWY 70 in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Business SIC classification: RACING, INCLUDING TRACK OPERATION
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2.5%

Population in 1990: 367. Population change in the 1990s: +2,415 (+658.0%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 1,394
• Northeast: 36
• Midwest: 247
• South: 304
• West: 573

49% of the 88346 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New Mexico.

86% of the 88346 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• PINE SPRINGS ROAD LLC (1420 W HWY 70 in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM; small business) : $17,858 in 3 contracts from 2004 to 2006

  $10,019 with Army for Lease or Rental of Facilities -- Troop Housing Facilities. Signed on 2004-08-19. Completion date: 2004-10-21.
  $7,338 with Army for Lease or Rental of Facilities -- Conference Space and Facilities. Signed on 2006-03-14. Completion date: 2006-03-18.
  $501 with Army for Lease or Rental of Facilities -- Troop Housing Facilities. Signed on 2004-09-27. Completion date: 2004-10-21.
  

• ATWELL, TRAVIS (207 GRIFFTIH DR in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM; small business)

  $4,143 with Army for Radio and Television Communication Equipment, Except Airborne. Signed on 2004-08-09. Completion date: 2004-09-03.

• SWAP MART (100 E HWY 70 in RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM; small business)
  3 employees, $110000 revenue. Small Disadvantaged Business: -$1,000 in 3 contracts from 1999 to 2001

  $100,000 with Bureau of Reclamation for Mineral Construction Materials, Bulk. Signed on 1999-11-15. Completion date: 1999-12-15.
  -$1,000, same as above. Signed on 2001-09-15. Completion date: 1999-12-15.
  -$100,000, same as above. Signed on 2000-02-15. Completion date: 1999-12-15.
  

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Racetracks (100-249 employees: 1 establishment)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Casinos (except Casino Hotels) (100-249: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (10-19: 2, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Utilities: Natural Gas Distribution (20-49: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (5-9: 3, 1-4: 4)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Museums (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 88346 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
James	12	71.4 years
William	9	75.9 years
Mary	6	78.3 years
Dorothy	5	79.6 years
Betty	4	77.0 years
Raymond	4	72.7 years
Robert	4	75.0 years
Edward	3	71.3 years
Charles	3	77.0 years
Carol	3	78.7 years

Most common last names in zip code 88346 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Sanchez	11	69.6 years
Miller	9	69.7 years
Jones	7	79.4 years
Herrera	5	47.2 years
Salas	5	74.6 years
Rue	4	66.5 years
Wright	4	77.8 years
Pior	4	73.5 years
Silva	4	80.0 years
Hale	4	76.2 years

Businesses in zip code 88346
Name	Count		Name	Count
Best Western	1		Lane Furniture	2
Big O Tires	1		Ramada	1
Circle K	1		Sears	1
Days Inn	1		U-Haul	1
Dennys	1		Walmart	1
La Quinta	1