Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/81081

81081

ZIP 81081 is Trinchera, Colorado, in Las Animas County; area code 719; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Las Animas
Metro area
none
Population
89
Coordinates
37.0655, -104.1558
☼ Live from 81081 — Trinchera, CO

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 81081 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 81081
  • 🔢 Type 81081 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBOIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,081 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 11 × 13. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011110010111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81077 (Swink, CO, 72 mi away) and 81082 (Trinidad, CO, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81081 becomes 18018 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bethlehem, PA, 1,560 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (18018, 18081, 18801, 18810, 80118, 88011, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18081 in Springtown, PA, 1,566 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯357 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81081 and you would come out at 37.07°S, 75.84°E — 894 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 311.5 square miles of land, 81081 is bigger than 95% of ZIP codes — room for about 237 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 81081 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population89This ZIP89
Households74This ZIP74
Housing units92This ZIP92
Median age82.1This ZIP82.1Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$39,255This ZIP$39,255Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher7.4%This ZIP7.4%
Population density0.3 / sq miThis ZIP0.3 / sq mi

Land area

Land area311.54 sq miThis ZIP311.54 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Other place names in 81081

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 81081

ZIPCityDistance
81082 Trinidad, CO 16.4 mi
81046 Hoehne, CO 19.8 mi
88414 Capulin, NM 21.0 mi
87740 Raton, NM 23.6 mi
81027 Branson, CO 26.9 mi
81024 Boncarbo, CO 32.6 mi
81059 Model, CO 35.4 mi
88418 Des Moines, NM 35.8 mi
88419 Folsom, NM 35.8 mi
81020 Aguilar, CO 37.2 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 81081 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81081?

81081 is in Trinchera, Colorado, in Las Animas County. Its published point location is 37.0655, -104.1558.

What county is 81081 in?

81081 lies in Las Animas County.

What area code is 81081?

Trinchera uses area code 719, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 81081 in?

81081 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 81081?

About 89 people live in ZIP code 81081, in 74 households, at 0.3 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 81081?

$39,255 a year, against $95,470 across Colorado.

What ZIP codes are near 81081?

The closest are 81082 (16.4 mi), 81046 (19.8 mi), 88414 (21 mi), 87740 (23.6 mi) and 81027 (26.9 mi).

Is 81081 a PO Box ZIP code?

81081 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “81081 ZIP Code — Trinchera, Colorado (Las Animas County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/81081

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/81081.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.