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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/87131

87131

ZIP 87131 is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County; area code 505; Mountain time. Albuquerque has 42 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Bernalillo
Metro area
Albuquerque, NM
Coordinates
35.0443, -106.6729

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 87105, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 87131 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 87131
  • 🔢 Type 87131 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEILB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,131 = 11 × 89 × 89. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101010001011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87125 (Albuquerque, NM, 0 mi away) and 87144 (Rio Rancho, NM, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87131 becomes 13178, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11378, 11738, 11783, 17318, 17813, 17831, …). The farthest-flung twin is 11738 in Farmingville, NY, 1,864 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 84%.
  • 🎯553 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87131 and you would come out at 35.04°S, 73.33°E — 1,001 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees530This ZIP530
Annual payroll$50,223,000This ZIP$50,223,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 87131

ZIPCityDistance
87103 Albuquerque, NM 0.0 mi
87119 Albuquerque, NM 0.0 mi
87125 Albuquerque, NM 0.0 mi
87153 Albuquerque, NM 0.0 mi
87154 Albuquerque, NM 0.0 mi
87174 Rio Rancho, NM 0.0 mi
87176 Albuquerque, NM 0.0 mi
87181 Albuquerque, NM 0.0 mi
87184 Albuquerque, NM 0.0 mi
87185 Albuquerque, NM 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87131?

87131 is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County, part of the Albuquerque, NM metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.0443, -106.6729.

What county is 87131 in?

87131 lies in Bernalillo County.

What area code is 87131?

Albuquerque uses area code 505, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 87131 in?

87131 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 87131?

The closest are 87103 (0 mi), 87119 (0 mi), 87125 (0 mi), 87153 (0 mi) and 87154 (0 mi).

Is 87131 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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