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87508

ZIP 87508 is in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in Santa Fe County; area code 505; Mountain time. Santa Fe has 11 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Santa Fe
Metro area
Santa Fe, NM
Population
18,518
Coordinates
35.5206, -105.9458
☼ Live from 87508 — Santa Fe, NM

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Where 87508 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 87508
  • 🔢 Type 87508 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOSLB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 87,508 = 2 × 2 × 131 × 167. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101010111010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 87507 (Santa Fe, NM, 12 mi away) and 87509 (Santa Fe, NM, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 87508 becomes 80578, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07885, 08758, 08857, 08875, 58078, 75088, …). The farthest-flung twin is 08758 in Waretown, NJ, 1,749 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯501 miles southwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 87508 and you would come out at 35.52°S, 74.05°E — 975 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 45m.
  • 📏 At 169.2 square miles of land, 87508 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 128 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,518This ZIP18,518
Households7,455This ZIP7,455
Housing units7,819This ZIP7,819
Median age55.9This ZIP55.9New Mexico39.4US 38.9
Median household income$101,565This ZIP$101,565New Mexico$64,059US $80,734
Median home value$561,200This ZIP$561,200New Mexico$248,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,623This ZIP$1,623New Mexico$1,067US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher53.3%This ZIP53.3%
Mean commute26.1 minThis ZIP26.1 min
Population density109.4 / sq miThis ZIP109.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments373This ZIP373
Employees2,160This ZIP2,160
Annual payroll$114,482,000This ZIP$114,482,000
Tax returns filed9,380This ZIP9,380
Total adjusted gross income$934,192,000This ZIP$934,192,000

Land area

Land area169.24 sq miThis ZIP169.24 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 87508

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ZIP codes near 87508

ZIPCityDistance
87509 Santa Fe, NM 2.0 mi
87592 Santa Fe, NM 2.0 mi
87594 Santa Fe, NM 2.0 mi
87505 Santa Fe, NM 8.2 mi
87540 Lamy, NM 8.9 mi
87502 Santa Fe, NM 11.5 mi
87503 Santa Fe, NM 11.5 mi
87504 Santa Fe, NM 11.5 mi
87507 Santa Fe, NM 11.5 mi
87535 Glorieta, NM 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 87508?

87508 is in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in Santa Fe County, part of the Santa Fe, NM metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.5206, -105.9458.

What county is 87508 in?

87508 lies in Santa Fe County.

What area code is 87508?

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

What time zone is 87508 in?

87508 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 87508?

About 18,518 people live in ZIP code 87508, in 7,455 households, at 109.4 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 87508?

$101,565 a year, against $64,059 across New Mexico.

What ZIP codes are near 87508?

The closest are 87509 (2 mi), 87592 (2 mi), 87594 (2 mi), 87505 (8.2 mi) and 87540 (8.9 mi).

Is 87508 a PO Box ZIP code?

87508 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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