ZIP code
87024
in Jemez Pueblo, New MexicoPopulation 2,692
35.91/ 100
Ranked #29,036 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 9.5%)
Ranked #288 of 337 New Mexico ZIPs (bottom 14.6%)
Ranked #46 of 51 Albuquerque, NM ZIPs (bottom 9.9%)
Ranks are modeled estimates — ZIPs a few hundred places apart are effectively tied.
What defines this ZIP
Metrics where this ZIP sits in the tails of the national distribution — the ones that most set it apart. Select any tile for its definition and methodology.
Mammography
63%
in the bottom 1.6% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST16thUS2ndDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of women aged 50–74 who had a mammogram within the past two years.
Full methodology ›Elder-services access
0.84 per 1,000 residents
in the top 1.1% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST99thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The number of services for older adults and people with disabilities inside this ZIP’s boundary, per 1,000 residents.
Counted from establishments located inside this ZIP’s boundary, so one just across the line is not counted. Where a ZIP has too few residents for the density to be reliable, no value is published rather than an unreliable one.
Full methodology ›Park land
46%
in the top 2.8% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST87thUS97thDefinition & source ›
The share of this ZIP’s land area that is public parkland.
Full methodology ›Air-toxics cancer risk
10 per million
in the bottom 2.8% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST1stUS3rdDefinition & source ›
The EPA’s modeled estimate of added lifetime cancer risk from breathing outdoor air toxics, in cases per million people exposed over a lifetime.
Full methodology ›Home broadband subscription
62.3%
in the bottom 3.4% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST17thUS3rdDefinition & source ›
The share of households with a broadband internet subscription.
Full methodology ›Distance to a nursing home
19.3 mi
in the top 3.6% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST70thUS96thDefinition & source ›
The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing home.
Full methodology ›Lack of transportation
17.6%
in the top 3.6% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST86thUS96thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who lacked reliable transportation in the past 12 months.
Full methodology ›Vision disability
9.6%
in the top 5.8% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST72ndUS94thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who are blind or have serious difficulty seeing even with glasses.
Full methodology ›Industrial-pollution burden
in the bottom 3.7% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST31stUS4thDefinition & source ›
The EPA’s modeled screening score for industrial chemical releases, weighting the amounts released by their toxicity and how many people live nearby — a relative comparison score, not a measured exposure.
Full methodology ›Colon-cancer screening
55.1%
in the bottom 5.0% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST30thUS5thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults aged 45–75 who are up to date on colorectal-cancer screening.
Full methodology ›The read
Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico (ZIP 87024) ranks in the bottom 9.5% nationally (29,036th) and the bottom 14.6% of New Mexico (288th).
Several readings make the pressure on this area plain: modeled mammography lands in the bottom 1.6% nationally, and home broadband subscription settles in the bottom 3.4% nationally. Distance to a nursing home rests in the top 3.6% nationally, and modeled transportation lands in the top 3.6% nationally. Modeled vision disability settles in the top 5.8% nationally, and colon screening rests in the bottom 5.0% nationally. On the encouraging side, elder services lands in the top 1.1% nationally, park land settles in the top 2.8% nationally, and modeled air-toxics cancer risk rests in the bottom 2.8% nationally. Modeled industrial-pollution burden lands in the bottom 3.7% nationally.
Against its neighbors, elder services runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. For context, air-toxics cancer risk is a modeled EPA estimate of added lifetime cancer risk from breathing outdoor air, per million people. Industrial-pollution burden is the EPA's modeled screening score weighting industrial chemical releases by their toxicity and how many people live nearby. The closest ZIP that ranks healthier overall is ZIP 87025, just across the boundary.
What’s driving this score
Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score — here is how this ZIP does on each, and how much each one counts. Compare it against the US, this state and the Albuquerque, NM metro area.
Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes.
Lifting this score
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 89%
14%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 96%
5%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 24%
21%
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 7%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 5%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 14%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 8%
8%
Disability
healthier than 7%
7%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 21%
5%
Lifting this score
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 62%
5%
About typical
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 50%
14%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 29%
21%
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 25%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 36%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 13%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 11%
8%
Disability
healthier than 25%
7%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 40%
5%
Lifting this score
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 84%
14%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 79%
5%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 12%
21%
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 9%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 26%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 9%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 14%
8%
Disability
healthier than 7%
7%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 19%
5%
“Share” is how much of this ZIP’s score the domain accounts for. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›
Findings that name this ZIP
One of our published findings lists this ZIP code. Each finding compares one published measure against a stated benchmark, and names only the ZIP codes whose estimates are reliable enough to rank. See all surprising findings.
Clean environment, heavy chronic burden
Where the environment and chronic illness point in opposite directions
Environmental-hazard standing 90.2 (top 10%); chronic-disease standing 24.5 — 66 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.
Ranked #1,341 of the 18,187 ZIP codes this finding names, ordered by the gap from cleanest environment to heaviest chronic burden, highest first.
Nearby & similar ZIPs
Editorially selected — see how this ZIP compares to nearby and similar places.
Nearby
87025
New Mexicoshares a border
Score 58.38
Closest healthier
87044
New Mexicoshares a border
Score 56.22
Similar health profile
87034
New Mexico99% similar profile
Score 33.31
How these were chosen: only ZIPs with a published Score appear — a nearby ZIP with too little data to score won’t. Nearby means closest by distance between ZIP boundaries, which can cross state lines. A similar health profile is a close match across the nine Score domains, not similar demographics. Distances are measured between ZIP boundaries — ZIPs that touch share a border. How distance is measured
Evidence
Every measure this page draws on, by source. Collapsed by default — the full data stays in the page for search engines either way.
Health OutcomesCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Arthritis among adults | 29.7% | 26.5–33.2 |
| High blood pressure among adults | 39.7% | 35.5–43.8 |
| Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults | 7.3% | 6.6–8.1 |
| Current asthma among adults | 13.5% | 11.9–15.2 |
| Coronary heart disease among adults | 8.6% | 7.6–9.6 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults | 8.9% | 7.6–10.4 |
| Depression among adults | 26.8% | 23.1–31.0 |
| Diagnosed diabetes among adults | 17.0% | 14.8–19.4 |
| High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened | 35.0% | 31.0–39.1 |
| Obesity among adults | 38.8% | 32.0–45.8 |
| Stroke among adults | 5.2% | 4.6–5.8 |
| All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years | 16.2% | 13.1–19.4 |
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years | 10.3% | 7.9–13.1 |
| Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure | 74.3% | 71.0–77.4 |
| Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults | 69.9% | 65.5–74.0 |
| Cholesterol screening among adults | 82.4% | 79.6–84.8 |
| Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years | 55.1% | 49.5–60.1 |
| Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults | 52.7% | 48.7–56.3 |
| Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years | 63.0% | 53.9–70.9 |
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking among adults | 13.1% | 10.7–15.9 |
| Current cigarette smoking among adults | 22.6% | 19.0–26.6 |
| No leisure-time physical activity among adults | 27.9% | 23.2–33.1 |
| Short sleep duration among adults | 43.0% | 36.9–48.7 |
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults | 28.7% | 24.9–33.1 |
| Frequent mental distress among adults | 21.3% | 18.7–24.0 |
| Frequent physical distress among adults | 19.6% | 17.2–22.3 |
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability among adults | 19.5% | 16.9–22.6 |
| Any disability among adults | 43.0% | 38.0–48.4 |
| Hearing disability among adults | 11.2% | 10.0–12.7 |
| Independent living disability among adults | 12.9% | 11.2–14.9 |
| Mobility disability among adults | 20.6% | 17.9–23.6 |
| Self-care disability among adults | 5.8% | 5.0–6.6 |
| Vision disability among adults | 9.6% | 8.4–10.9 |
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Lack of social and emotional support among adults | 30.2% | 25.8–34.7 |
| Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 31.0% | 25.7–36.3 |
| Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults | 26.1% | 21.0–31.0 |
| Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 22.2% | 18.5–25.9 |
| Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults | 17.6% | 15.0–20.3 |
| Loneliness among adults | 37.0% | 31.8–42.2 |
| Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults | 17.2% | 14.6–19.9 |
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | NM median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty rate | 25.7% | 10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364 | 15.0% (0.0–39.0%) n=347 |
| Uninsured 18–64 | 15.4% | 9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286 | 12.5% (0.0–35.5%) n=339 |
| No HS diploma (25+) | 14.3% | 7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505 | 9.2% (0.0–28.5%) n=350 |
| Bachelor's or higher (25+) | 22.2% | 23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505 | 19.3% (0.0–51.7%) n=350 |
| Unemployment rate (16+) | 7.2% | 3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274 | 3.8% (0.0–15.2%) n=339 |
| Households without a vehicle | 9.5% | 3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322 | 2.3% (0.0–12.4%) n=347 |
| Broadband subscription | 62.3% | 89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322 | 83.1% (53.2–100.0%) n=347 |
| Housing cost burden (≥30% income) | 6.8% | 23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322 | 18.6% (0.0–41.4%) n=347 |
| Homeownership rate | 79.4% | 78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322 | 83.2% (59.9–100.0%) n=347 |
| Crowded housing (>1 per room) | 4.6% | 1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322 | 0.4% (0.0–11.2%) n=347 |
| Foreign-born population | 0.0% | 2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553 | 1.9% (0.0–15.7%) n=352 |
| Single-parent households | 32.6% | 53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087 | 55.0% (28.8–100.0%) n=339 |
| Population 65+ | 19.8% | 19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553 | 22.8% (7.9–55.9%) n=352 |
| Median age | 35.9 yr | 42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292 | 45.0 yr (31.2–67.3) n=339 |
| Median household income | $60,727 | $72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318 | $55,329 ($33,023–$90,174) n=265 |
| Median home value | $168,400 | $222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049 | $185,100 ($77,100–$382,920) n=255 |
| Median gross rent | $992 | $1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670 | $917 ($549–$1,408) n=173 |
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | NM median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 78.9 yr ± 3.06 | 78.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,308 | 79.5 yr (76.1–83.2) n=357 |
About the ± — it’s this estimate’s give-or-take (statisticians call it the standard error). The true life expectancy for this ZIP most likely falls within 3.06 years of 78.9, and it’s very unlikely to be off by more than twice that.
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