ZIP code
88022
in Arenas Valley, New MexicoPopulation 1,326
51.41/ 100
Ranked #14,265 of 32,066 US ZIPs (top 44%)
Ranked #106 of 337 New Mexico ZIPs (top 31%)
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.
Distance to a hazardous-chemical facility
56.7 mi
in the top 0.7% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST98thUS99thDefinition & source ›
The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest facility that handles enough hazardous chemicals to require an EPA risk-management plan for accidental releases.
Full methodology ›Distance to a Superfund site
87.5 mi
in the top 4.4% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST94thUS96thDefinition & source ›
The distance in miles from this ZIP’s edge to the nearest Superfund site — an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste site the EPA has listed for cleanup.
Full methodology ›Park land
29.2%
in the top 4.8% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST81stUS95thDefinition & source ›
The share of this ZIP’s land area that is public parkland.
Full methodology ›Air-toxics cancer risk
13.2 per million
in the bottom 5.9% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST56thUS6thDefinition & 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 ›Mammography
67.6%
in the bottom 6.7% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST44thUS7thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of women aged 50–74 who had a mammogram within the past two years.
Full methodology ›Hearing disability
11.4%
in the top 7.0% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST72ndUS93rdDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who are deaf or have serious difficulty hearing.
Full methodology ›Humid extreme heat
10.1 days/year
in the bottom 7.1% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST44thUS7thDefinition & source ›
The average number of days per year when modeled heat stress — temperature, humidity, sun, and wind combined — reaches levels hard on the body outdoors.
Full methodology ›Households without a vehicle
15.2%
in the top 7.2% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST93rdUS93rdDefinition & source ›
The share of households with no vehicle available.
Full methodology ›Binge drinking
12.0%
in the bottom 6.8% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST36thUS7thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who report binge drinking — five or more drinks on one occasion for men, four or more for women.
Full methodology ›Short sleep
30%
in the bottom 9.7% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST12thUS10thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who usually sleep less than seven hours in a 24-hour period.
Full methodology ›The read
Arenas Valley, New Mexico (ZIP 88022), overall, ranks in the top 44% healthiest ZIPs nationally (14,265th) and the top 31% of New Mexico (106th).
Taken together, the data gives a genuinely mixed reading: distance to a hazardous-chemical facility lands in the top 0.7% nationally, distance to a Superfund site lies in the top 4.4% nationally, and park land stands in the top 4.8% nationally. Modeled air-toxics cancer risk rests in the bottom 5.9% nationally, and humid heat registers in the bottom 7.1% nationally. Unemployment resides at the national minimum, shared with about 15% of ZIPs. Modeled binge drinking settles in the bottom 6.8% nationally. On the other side, modeled mammography is in the bottom 6.7% nationally, and hearing disability sits in the top 7.0% nationally. Households without a vehicle lands in the top 7.2% nationally.
Measured against the nearby ZIPs, park land runs far higher than the surrounding ZIPs on this measure. Defined simply, distance to a hazardous-chemical facility is a plant handling large amounts of hazardous chemicals that must file an EPA risk-management plan for accidental releases. Distance to a Superfund site is an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste site the EPA has identified for cleanup. Air-toxics cancer risk is a modeled EPA estimate of added lifetime cancer risk from breathing outdoor air, per million people. ZIP 88026, just across the boundary, comes out healthier overall.
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.
Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes.
Lifting this score
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 98%
14%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 89%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 83%
8%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 92%
5%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 74%
5%
About typical
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 42%
16%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 36%
21%
Preventive Care
healthier than 12%
13%
Disability
healthier than 20%
7%
Lifting this score
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 69%
16%
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 74%
14%
Preventive Care
healthier than 60%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 78%
11%
Mental Health
healthier than 79%
8%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 82%
5%
About typical
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 40%
21%
Disability
healthier than 46%
7%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 52%
5%
Nothing measured is holding this score back.
“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 98.3 (top 10%); chronic-disease standing 36.2 — 62 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.
Ranked #1,586 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
88026
New Mexicoshares a border
Score 53.03
Closest healthier
88049
New Mexicoshares a border
Score 53.23
Similar health profile
87521
New Mexico96% similar profile
Score 51.08
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 | 31.3% | 27.7–34.9 |
| High blood pressure among adults | 39.3% | 35.0–43.6 |
| Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults | 10.1% | 9.1–11.1 |
| Current asthma among adults | 9.4% | 8.2–10.6 |
| Coronary heart disease among adults | 9.9% | 8.8–11.0 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults | 8.3% | 7.1–9.6 |
| Depression among adults | 20.7% | 17.4–24.1 |
| Diagnosed diabetes among adults | 15.3% | 13.3–17.5 |
| High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened | 39.4% | 34.8–44.0 |
| Obesity among adults | 31.5% | 24.7–38.8 |
| Stroke among adults | 4.9% | 4.4–5.5 |
| All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years | 15.9% | 13.0–19.2 |
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years | 16.1% | 12.9–19.3 |
| Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure | 80.0% | 77.0–82.8 |
| Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults | 72.6% | 68.5–76.6 |
| Cholesterol screening among adults | 86.1% | 84.0–88.1 |
| Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years | 58.3% | 53.1–63.6 |
| Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults | 59.3% | 55.6–63.2 |
| Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years | 67.6% | 59.0–75.5 |
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking among adults | 12.0% | 9.7–14.7 |
| Current cigarette smoking among adults | 12.5% | 10.4–14.7 |
| No leisure-time physical activity among adults | 28.3% | 23.6–33.1 |
| Short sleep duration among adults | 30.0% | 24.6–35.9 |
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults | 25.7% | 22.2–29.1 |
| Frequent mental distress among adults | 14.3% | 12.4–16.1 |
| Frequent physical distress among adults | 16.8% | 14.6–18.9 |
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability among adults | 14.8% | 12.7–16.8 |
| Any disability among adults | 37.5% | 32.8–42.2 |
| Hearing disability among adults | 11.4% | 10.1–12.8 |
| Independent living disability among adults | 9.8% | 8.4–11.2 |
| Mobility disability among adults | 19.0% | 16.4–21.8 |
| Self-care disability among adults | 5.3% | 4.7–6.0 |
| Vision disability among adults | 7.8% | 6.9–8.8 |
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Lack of social and emotional support among adults | 22.8% | 19.4–26.8 |
| Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 18.2% | 15.3–21.4 |
| Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults | 14.4% | 12.0–17.2 |
| Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 13.3% | 11.3–15.5 |
| Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults | 9.2% | 7.9–10.5 |
| Loneliness among adults | 32.2% | 27.3–37.3 |
| Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults | 8.8% | 7.5–10.2 |
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | NM median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty rate | 8.3% | 10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364 | 15.0% (0.0–39.0%) n=347 |
| Uninsured 18–64 | 4.4% | 9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286 | 12.5% (0.0–35.5%) n=339 |
| No HS diploma (25+) | 7.8% | 7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505 | 9.2% (0.0–28.5%) n=350 |
| Bachelor's or higher (25+) | 19.2% | 23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505 | 19.3% (0.0–51.7%) n=350 |
| Unemployment rate (16+) | 0.0% | 3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274 | 3.8% (0.0–15.2%) n=339 |
| Households without a vehicle | 15.2% | 3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322 | 2.3% (0.0–12.4%) n=347 |
| Broadband subscription | 87.0% | 89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322 | 83.1% (53.2–100.0%) n=347 |
| Housing cost burden (≥30% income) | 21.3% | 23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322 | 18.6% (0.0–41.4%) n=347 |
| Homeownership rate | 75.1% | 78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322 | 83.2% (59.9–100.0%) n=347 |
| Crowded housing (>1 per room) | 2.4% | 1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322 | 0.4% (0.0–11.2%) n=347 |
| Foreign-born population | 0.5% | 2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553 | 1.9% (0.0–15.7%) n=352 |
| Single-parent households | 77.9% | 53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087 | 55.0% (28.8–100.0%) n=339 |
| Population 65+ | 46.2% | 19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553 | 22.8% (7.9–55.9%) n=352 |
| Median age | 62.5 yr | 42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292 | 45.0 yr (31.2–67.3) n=339 |
| Median household income | $37,147 | $72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318 | $55,329 ($33,023–$90,174) n=265 |
| Median home value | $173,100 | $222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049 | $185,100 ($77,100–$382,920) n=255 |
| Median gross rent | — | $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 | 79.0 yr ± 0.84 | 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 0.84 years of 79.0, and it’s very unlikely to be off by more than twice that.
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