88346 Zip Code (Ruidoso Downs, NM) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2019: 2,757
Zip code population in 2010: 3,132
Zip code population in 2000: 2,782

Houses and condos: 1,250
Renter-occupied apartments: 384
March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 88346: 85.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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

Population density: 46 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2019:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $774 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $447 (0.3%)

For population 25 years and over in 88346:

• High school or higher: 84.5%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.0%
• Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
• Unemployed: 4.6%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 14.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 88346:

• Never married: 18.7%
• Now married: 36.2%
• Separated: 9.3%
• Widowed: 14.9%
• Divorced: 20.9%

• 
• • 1,51748.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,42945.6%White
  • 1244.0%American Indian
  • 341.1%Two or more races
  • 170.5%Black
  • 80.3%Asian
  • 30.10%Some other race

Urban population: 1,907
Rural population: 849

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: 255
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 577

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 637 (339 now married, 295 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 88346 with a mortgage: 205
Houses without a mortgage: 263

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $686
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $361

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2019:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2019:

• Zip code 88346 household income distribution in 2019

• 48Less than $10,000
• 84$10,000 to $14,999
• 154$15,000 to $19,999
• 16$20,000 to $24,999
• 72$25,000 to $29,999
• 49$30,000 to $34,999
• 75$35,000 to $39,999
• 50$40,000 to $44,999
• 17$50,000 to $59,999
• 58$60,000 to $74,999
• 60$75,000 to $99,999
• 108$100,000 to $124,999
• 21$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2019 in zip code 88346

• 16$20,000 to $24,999
• 36$50,000 to $59,999
• 33$60,000 to $69,999
• 12$80,000 to $89,999
• 54$100,000 to $124,999
• 67$125,000 to $149,999
• 106$150,000 to $174,999
• 34$250,000 to $299,999
• 13$300,000 to $399,999
• 41$400,000 to $499,999
• 14$1,500,000 to $1,999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2019 in zip code 88346

• 57Less than $100
• 86$100 to $149
• 17$200 to $249
• 38$400 to $449
• 16$450 to $499
• 44$500 to $549
• 27$550 to $599
• 16$600 to $649
• 37$650 to $699
• 23No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2019: $531.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2019: $165,413.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2019 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $212,657
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $118,793
• Some other race householders: $168,396
• Two or more races householders: $241,656
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $172,466

Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $157,458 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $112,681 - $181,585

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $226,431

Here:	$226,431
State:	$289,733

Mobile homes: $136,062

Here:	$136,062
State:	$171,050

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 456
• Two: 35
• 5 to 9: 153
• 10 to 19: 26
• 20 to 49: 36
• 50 or more: 55
• Mobile homes: 478

Unemployment: 4.6%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 88346

• 72.0%746Drove a car alone
• 16.8%174Carpooled
• 4.2%43Walked
• 6.8%70Worked at home

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

• 435 to 9 minutes
• 57210 to 14 minutes
• 20515 to 19 minutes
• 5420 to 24 minutes
• 7330 to 34 minutes
• 1760 to 89 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 93.7%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,757

• Male householders: 502 (182 living alone), Female householders: 348 (98 living alone)

• 352 spouses (352 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 981 children (979 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 128 grandchildren, 36 brothers or sisters, 121 parents, 0 foster children, 133 other relatives, 152 non-relatives

Size of family households: 180 2-persons, 246 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 38 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 278 1-person, 16 3-persons

305 married couples with children.
186 single-parent households (186 women).

71.9% of residents of 88346 zip code speak English at home.
28.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% very well, 43% well, 9% not well, 2% 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: 3.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 7.0%

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

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

• This state: 1,250
• Midwest: 211
• South: 520
• West: 499

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.

90% of the 88346 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% 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: 39

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)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 7. The highest number of fires - 16 took place in 2015, and the least - 2 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (45.9%), and Outside Fires (36.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 88346
• 5145.9%Structure Fires
• 4036.0%Outside Fires
• 1210.8%Other
• 87.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 88346, New Mexico

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