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/87312

87312

ZIP 87312 is Continental Divide, New Mexico, in McKinley County; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
McKinley
Metro area
Gallup, NM
Population
654
Coordinates
35.4291, -108.3454
☼ Live from 87312 — Continental Divide, NM

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 87312 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 87312
  • 🔢 Type 87312 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIELB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,312 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 17 × 107. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101010100010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87311 (Church Rock, NM, 15 mi away) and 87313 (Crownpoint, NM, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87312 becomes 21378, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12738, 12783, 12837, 12873, 13782, 13827, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12837 in Hampton, NY, 1,937 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯614 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87312 and you would come out at 35.43°S, 71.65°E — 965 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 81.5 square miles of land, 87312 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 87312 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population654This ZIP654
Households213This ZIP213
Housing units228This ZIP228
Median age44.1This ZIP44.1New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Median household income$48,977This ZIP$48,977New Mexico$64,059US $80,734
Median home value$78,000This ZIP$78,000New Mexico$248,100US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher29.3%This ZIP29.3%
Mean commute54.3 minThis ZIP54.3 min
Population density8.0 / sq miThis ZIP8.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees26This ZIP26
Annual payroll$680,000This ZIP$680,000
Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$10,119,000This ZIP$10,119,000

Land area

Land area81.52 sq miThis ZIP81.52 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 87312

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

ZIP codes near 87312

ZIPCityDistance
87347 Jamestown, NM 7.0 mi
87323 Thoreau, NM 9.2 mi
87316 Fort Wingate, NM 11.0 mi
87365 Smith Lake, NM 13.8 mi
87311 Church Rock, NM 15.0 mi
87322 Rehoboth, NM 18.3 mi
87045 Prewitt, NM 18.7 mi
87305 Gallup, NM 21.8 mi
87005 Bluewater, NM 22.4 mi
87302 Gallup, NM 23.4 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 87312 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87312?

87312 is in Continental Divide, New Mexico, in McKinley County, part of the Gallup, NM micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.4291, -108.3454.

What county is 87312 in?

87312 lies in McKinley County.

What time zone is 87312 in?

87312 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 87312?

About 654 people live in ZIP code 87312, in 213 households, at 8.0 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 87312?

$48,977 a year, against $64,059 across New Mexico.

What ZIP codes are near 87312?

The closest are 87347 (7 mi), 87323 (9.2 mi), 87316 (11 mi), 87365 (13.8 mi) and 87311 (15 mi).

Is 87312 a PO Box ZIP code?

87312 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “87312 ZIP Code — Continental Divide, New Mexico (McKinley County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/87312

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/87312.json

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