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87420

ZIP 87420 is Shiprock, New Mexico, in San Juan County; area code 505; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
San Juan
Metro area
Farmington, NM
Population
10,586
Coordinates
36.8625, -108.9358
☼ Live from 87420 — Shiprock, NM

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Where 87420 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 87420
  • 🔢 Type 87420 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZhLB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,420 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 31 × 47. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101010101111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87419 (Navajo Dam, NM, 72 mi away) and 87421 (Waterflow, NM, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87420 becomes 02478 — and that is a real ZIP code: Belmont, MA, 2,028 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02478, 02748, 02874, 04287, 07428, 07842, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04287 in Bowdoin, ME, 2,087 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯597 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87420 and you would come out at 36.86°S, 71.06°E — 864 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 552.3 square miles of land, 87420 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 419 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,586This ZIP10,586
Households3,252This ZIP3,252
Housing units3,938This ZIP3,938
Median age36.4This ZIP36.4New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Median household income$36,335This ZIP$36,335New Mexico$64,059US $80,734
Median home value$103,900This ZIP$103,900New Mexico$248,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$692This ZIP$692New Mexico$1,067US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.2%This ZIP10.2%
Mean commute32.0 minThis ZIP32.0 min
Population density19.2 / sq miThis ZIP19.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments39This ZIP39
Employees1,755This ZIP1,755
Annual payroll$141,558,000This ZIP$141,558,000
Tax returns filed4,440This ZIP4,440
Total adjusted gross income$180,366,000This ZIP$180,366,000

Land area

Land area552.27 sq miThis ZIP552.27 sq mi
Water area0.90 sq miThis ZIP0.90 sq mi

Other place names in 87420

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ZIP codes near 87420

ZIPCityDistance
86514 Teec Nos Pos, AZ 21.8 mi
87421 Waterflow, NM 23.4 mi
86544 Red Valley, AZ 24.8 mi
81334 Towaoc, CO 26.5 mi
84510 Aneth, UT 28.1 mi
87461 Sanostee, NM 28.4 mi
84534 Montezuma Creek, UT 30.5 mi
87416 Fruitland, NM 33.0 mi
81321 Cortez, CO 33.0 mi
87417 Kirtland, NM 33.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87420?

87420 is in Shiprock, New Mexico, in San Juan County, part of the Farmington, NM metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8625, -108.9358.

What county is 87420 in?

87420 lies in San Juan County.

What area code is 87420?

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

What time zone is 87420 in?

87420 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 87420?

About 10,586 people live in ZIP code 87420, in 3,252 households, at 19.2 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 87420?

$36,335 a year, against $64,059 across New Mexico.

What ZIP codes are near 87420?

The closest are 86514 (21.8 mi), 87421 (23.4 mi), 86544 (24.8 mi), 81334 (26.5 mi) and 84510 (28.1 mi).

Is 87420 a PO Box ZIP code?

87420 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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